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by vkuruthers 2841 days ago
Hi @bhhaskin, what practical advantages do you see to running IPv6 at home? I think my ISP (Xfinity) provides it, but have not tried enabling it yet.
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If you tend to have IPv6 at work and on mobile, you can out up multiple servers at home and reach them -- without having to use alternative ports or a port multiplexing scheme. (Provided the ISP CPE lets you actually get incoming SYNs; sometimes that's a lot harder than it should be)
The biggest practical advantages are hard to say because it is a chicken before the egg issue. Having a dedicated IP address for each device is very nice. Especially if you like hosting your own services or have a home lab.