Should my website have an IPv6 address?

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My website only has an IPv4 address. With IPv6 being the future, is it possible that some users may not be able to reach the website if it does not have an IPv6 address? Also, does having an IPv4/IPv6 address increase SEO performance?

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My website only has an IPv4 address. With IPv6 being the future, is it possible that some users may not be able to reach the website if it does not have an IPv6 address? Also, does having an IPv4/IPv6 address increase SEO performance?

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My website only has an IPv4 address. With IPv6 being the future, is it possible that some users may not be able to reach the website if it does not have an IPv6 address? Also, does having an IPv4/IPv6 address increase SEO performance?

ipv6 website web ipv4

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My website only has an IPv4 address. With IPv6 being the future, is it possible that some users may not be able to reach the website if it does not have an IPv6 address? Also, does having an IPv4/IPv6 address increase SEO performance?

ipv6 website web ipv4

ipv6 website web ipv4

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Lack of IPv6 support on your site will hurt some of your users.

According to stats published by Google 20-25% of users currently have IPv6. A large fraction of those users will need to go through some kind of NAT to reach IPv4-only services, which will make connectivity less reliable.

The fraction of users without any IPv4 connectivity whatsoever is negligible. But for those users who have both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity your site will be more reliable if you support both as well. Many clients now support RFC 6555 which will allow them to automatically fail over between IPv4 and IPv6.

Also keep in mind that if a network with both IPv4 and IPv6 support has a DHCP server outage the users on that network will still be able to reach mainstream sites, but if your site is IPv4-only they will not be able to reach your site. Thus they might conclude your site is down and not realize there is a problem on their network.

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Lack of IPv6 support on your site will hurt some of your users.

According to stats published by Google 20-25% of users currently have IPv6. A large fraction of those users will need to go through some kind of NAT to reach IPv4-only services, which will make connectivity less reliable.

The fraction of users without any IPv4 connectivity whatsoever is negligible. But for those users who have both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity your site will be more reliable if you support both as well. Many clients now support RFC 6555 which will allow them to automatically fail over between IPv4 and IPv6.

Also keep in mind that if a network with both IPv4 and IPv6 support has a DHCP server outage the users on that network will still be able to reach mainstream sites, but if your site is IPv4-only they will not be able to reach your site. Thus they might conclude your site is down and not realize there is a problem on their network.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  ...because most mainstream sites are already using IPv6.
  – Michael Hampton♦
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Lack of IPv6 support on your site will hurt some of your users.

According to stats published by Google 20-25% of users currently have IPv6. A large fraction of those users will need to go through some kind of NAT to reach IPv4-only services, which will make connectivity less reliable.

The fraction of users without any IPv4 connectivity whatsoever is negligible. But for those users who have both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity your site will be more reliable if you support both as well. Many clients now support RFC 6555 which will allow them to automatically fail over between IPv4 and IPv6.

Also keep in mind that if a network with both IPv4 and IPv6 support has a DHCP server outage the users on that network will still be able to reach mainstream sites, but if your site is IPv4-only they will not be able to reach your site. Thus they might conclude your site is down and not realize there is a problem on their network.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  ...because most mainstream sites are already using IPv6.
  – Michael Hampton♦
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Lack of IPv6 support on your site will hurt some of your users.

According to stats published by Google 20-25% of users currently have IPv6. A large fraction of those users will need to go through some kind of NAT to reach IPv4-only services, which will make connectivity less reliable.

The fraction of users without any IPv4 connectivity whatsoever is negligible. But for those users who have both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity your site will be more reliable if you support both as well. Many clients now support RFC 6555 which will allow them to automatically fail over between IPv4 and IPv6.

Also keep in mind that if a network with both IPv4 and IPv6 support has a DHCP server outage the users on that network will still be able to reach mainstream sites, but if your site is IPv4-only they will not be able to reach your site. Thus they might conclude your site is down and not realize there is a problem on their network.

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Lack of IPv6 support on your site will hurt some of your users.

According to stats published by Google 20-25% of users currently have IPv6. A large fraction of those users will need to go through some kind of NAT to reach IPv4-only services, which will make connectivity less reliable.

The fraction of users without any IPv4 connectivity whatsoever is negligible. But for those users who have both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity your site will be more reliable if you support both as well. Many clients now support RFC 6555 which will allow them to automatically fail over between IPv4 and IPv6.

Also keep in mind that if a network with both IPv4 and IPv6 support has a DHCP server outage the users on that network will still be able to reach mainstream sites, but if your site is IPv4-only they will not be able to reach your site. Thus they might conclude your site is down and not realize there is a problem on their network.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  ...because most mainstream sites are already using IPv6.
  – Michael Hampton♦
  4 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  ...because most mainstream sites are already using IPv6.
  – Michael Hampton♦
  4 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

...because most mainstream sites are already using IPv6.
– Michael Hampton♦
4 mins ago

...because most mainstream sites are already using IPv6.
– Michael Hampton♦
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