[Cialug] Mediacom is using IPv6

[chris rheinherren]

I still have an IPv4 address on Mediacom. I will ask someone about it
tomorrow while I'm at work.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> I typed in a wrong domain name and got the stupid "helpful" mediacom search
> page, which I hate on principle. I turn that off by setting my router to
> use opendns. Sometimes my router goes screwy and forgets.
>
> I logged into my router and it hadn't gone screwy, it was showing the
> proper settings. So I went to my network preferences on my laptop to check
> the settings there and I noticed my computer had an IPv6 address. When I
> visit http://whatismyv6.com/ I confirm that it also thinks I'm using IPv6.
>
> So I'm using IPv6 and I'm not using a tunnel broker.
>
> Anyone else seeing the same?
>
> I don't know if the ipv6 address is at all related to the DNS settings
> going bonkers on me. I'll have to look into that.
>
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