Solved No IPv6 Connectivity Despite Being Enabled

No IPv6 Connectivity (solved: no COX support til 2015)

I am on wifi on 8.1 on my HP envy 15-j023cl. IPv6 is enabled in the properties of all network adapters, yet I have no IPv6 connectivity (all tests say I have no IPv6). What am I missing? I haven't had a chance to test an Ethernet connection.

It means that your ISP or the hot spot you are connected to, does not yet use IPv6.

Also if you are using an old router it may not support IPv6.

My router (new Belkin N router that cost ~80 bucks) has an option to enable/disable IPv6 passthrough, and it is enabled. That should mean it supports IPv6, yes?

Tested on LAN, and now on WiFi at another location, with the same results. Haven't had a chance to test another operating system.

If you let us know what tests you are running we can try it.

Everybody, including your ISP have to support IPV6.

mikeytg said:

If you let us know what tests you are running we can try it.

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All negative at home and school, with two ISPs, on both wifi and ethernet :/

When I look at the ethernet adapter properties in Device Manager, there are options like Large Send Offload (IPV6) and UDP CHecksum Offload (IPV6), and IPV6 is enabled in the Properties for both devices under Adapter Settings.

I finally got a chance to boot into Ubuntu and still had no IPv6, so perhaps I'm wrong in thinking the above mean the hardware supports IPV6? It's an HP Envy 15- j023cl

It is not the computer, it is the Wifi & Ethernet driver that has to support it. If you are not seeing it at home or school. As I stated before, the network you are on, has to support it. Has nothing to do with your computer.

Okay, I dug deeper and it seems that the problem is my ISP, Cox Communications, which delayed deployment of IPv6 support until next year for all residential customers, according to their site.

Can I add 'Cox' to the search terms for this thread in case anyone else with this ISP has the same question?

A lot of ISP's have not implemented IPv6 yet. We still have quite a few decades to go, before IP's for IPv4 are not widely available. They just released a bunch of reserved IPv4 IP's in the past couple of years. You are talking over 2 Billion IP for IPv4.

broe23 said:

A lot of ISP's have not implemented IPv6 yet. We still have quite a few decades to go, before IP's for IPv4 are not widely available. They just released a bunch of reserved IPv4 IP's in the past couple of years. You are talking over 2 Billion IP for IPv4.

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That's not so many, really, if we continue down the path of everybody's every device being internet-connected. There are 206 million eligible voters in the US

2,000,000,000 /206,072,000 ~ 9 addresses/ person, ignoring the fact that there are other people on the planet.


As IPv6 becomes standard, IPV4 runs out, and people decide not to waste resources on old tech, we will likely see the rise of IPv6-only sites and resources. Those left behind will be unable to access these resources without some sort of go-between service.

Over 2 Billion is a lot actually. IPv4 is long from running out of IP's.

9 Addresses for every American who can vote? That's a very small number, when you consider he rest of the world population- including nations increasing in population and technological competency. Cell phones, laptops, smart tvs, blu-ray players and the like with embedded youtube- all need IP addresses. Not to mention IP security cameras, ATMs, the control mechanism for my kitchen lights that my security company gave me, and- of course- websites.