Sandbag@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIs moving to IPv6 worth it?message-squaremessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareIs moving to IPv6 worth it?Sandbag@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square135fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOliver Lowe@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMaybe a silly question: any ideas why there are shorter routes using IPv6?
minus-squareredcalcium@c.calciumlabs.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago Fewer hops usually required when using IPv6, which means shorter latency. Simplified header means less processing time needed to process IPv6 packets, which might improve latency on each hop. It also supports multicast, but I’m not sure if it can be used to improve routing and latency.
minus-squareOliver Lowe@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThanks! Is there something about the larger area space which means there are fewer hops?
minus-squareredcalcium@c.calciumlabs.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI suspect it’s more like the workaround used by network operators to scale up IPv4 to serve billions of users necessitate more and more layer of nodes to route your packets through.
Maybe a silly question: any ideas why there are shorter routes using IPv6?
Thanks! Is there something about the larger area space which means there are fewer hops?
I suspect it’s more like the workaround used by network operators to scale up IPv4 to serve billions of users necessitate more and more layer of nodes to route your packets through.