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Everytime IPv6 comes up there's back and forth on NAT vs firewall etc etc.

That's easy. IPv6 has more flexibility. You do what you want and leave everyone else to do what they want. Networking stuff will break sure, but hasn't it always...

I haven't gone to IPv6 at home because working with an IPv6 string is so much harder.

I can't always copy'n'paste addresses. I often shout/phone an address to someone else to type in. And talking to 3rd parties (ISP , anyone controlling outside WAN) etc IPv4 is a known quantity.

It's that chicken vs egg problem. I don't want to touch IPv6 at home until other admins have figured out how to make this easy.




> I haven't gone to IPv6 at home because working with an IPv6 string is so much harder.

Setup DNS, configure something mdns based like Avahi, or use the hosts file.

> I can't always copy'n'paste addresses. I often shout/phone an address to someone else to type in.

This is weird and not a normal need on a well-run network, or if you have the above working.




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