[HN Gopher] test-ipv6.com will stay online
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test-ipv6.com will stay online
Recent: _Retiring Test-Ipv6.com_ -
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45481609 - Oct 2025 (185
comments)
Author : throw0101d
Score : 129 points
Date : 2025-10-16 18:13 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (status.test-ipv6.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (status.test-ipv6.com)
| andrewaylett wrote:
| It's an apparently-simple site, with a greater utility than might
| at first meet the eye. I've found it very useful over the years,
| and I'm glad Jason has found someone he's happy to hand it over
| to.
|
| Thanks, Jason, all your efforts are much appreciated.
| lloeki wrote:
| emphasis on "apparently simple"
|
| icanhazip.com looks even simpler on the face of it but there's
| always shenanigans behind the curtain:
|
| https://major.io/p/a-new-future-for-icanhazip/
| andrewaylett wrote:
| Yes, I certainly don't intend anyone to read that I think
| it's _actually_ simple.
| fragmede wrote:
| aw, somebody owns icanha.zip but didn't point it at them.
| ck2 wrote:
| less useful but vaguely related
|
| https://1.1.1.1/help
|
| and even less usefull
|
| https://ipv6test.google.com
| anyfoo wrote:
| I use it to test connectivity _in general_. That it also checks
| whether my IPv6 stacks works correctly is basically a bonus.
| lazystar wrote:
| > After announcing its retirement, many generous people and
| organizations offered help - thank you! The project is now
| transitioning to an RIR (Regional Internet Registry), which will
| continue running the site in the public interest.
|
| well played. threatening to turn it off on christmas was a great
| move, must've rattled a few cages in the industry lol.
| RadiozRadioz wrote:
| Why would Christmas specifically be a date that would have this
| effect?
| CaptainOfCoit wrote:
| A lot of people are on vacation, so impact would most likely
| be larger compared to a normal day.
| lazystar wrote:
| No one wants to get paged on christmas and find out that they
| have a dependency on an external service that was turned off
| for good.
| Spunkie wrote:
| > The project is now transitioning to an RIR (Regional Internet
| Registry)
|
| RIR as in the orgs responsible for managing IP blocks? Huh?
|
| What does that actually mean in the context of a website like
| this?
| rendx wrote:
| RIRs also run public (web) infrastructure, and it sounds like
| one of them will take over this project. What's your question
| exactly?
| Spunkie wrote:
| Ah yeah, I misread/misunderstood. I though they were saying
| they are transitioning INTO an RIR, as in becoming an RIR
| themselves.
| pumplekin wrote:
| Yes, but they run a bunch of other useful services for internet
| plumbers too.
|
| This would just be another "general good of the internet"
| service.
|
| RIPE for example run.
|
| Atlas: A cooperative service for internet reachability and
| measurements. - https://www.ripe.net/analyse/internet-
| measurements/ripe-atla...
|
| DNSMON: Monitor the root and TLD's and other key internet
| domains. Does so from many locations so as to test anycast
| issues. - https://dnsmon.ripe.net/
|
| RIPEStat / BGplay: Debug and examine internet reachability
| issues. - https://stat.ripe.net/ - https://stat.ripe.net/bgplay
|
| And volunteer resources to help to run other things, like
| https://www.as112.net/ that sinks all the PTR lookups for
| RFC1918 that leaks to the internet, among other things.
| tgsovlerkhgsel wrote:
| That a nonprofit entity whose mission it is to keep the
| Internet running smoothly decided to provide the resources
| needed to keep this useful service available.
|
| That doesn't seem too surprising to me and should ensure that
| the site can be run sustainably without burning out volunteers.
| laurensr wrote:
| Meanwhile some ISPs are still not offering IPv6, such as Orange
| Belgium.
| CaptainOfCoit wrote:
| According to
| https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html, I think
| it's safe to say that the majority of ISPs are not offering
| IPv6, and _some_ ISPs do offer IPv6.
|
| My ISP publicly supports IPv6, but I've never gotten it to work
| properly, and none of the technical support I've been able to
| been forwarded to knows what's wrong either. Colleagues using
| the same ISP has the same problem, so doesn't seem to be an
| isolated incident.
|
| I'm sure there are more people out there in the same situation.
| usr1106 wrote:
| If you look at the weekly profiles you'll notice that
| offices/companied are lagging behind private users. IT
| departments not willing to do anything. And IPv6 is used a
| lot on phones.
| ay wrote:
| Telenet and Proximus do, so if you are in their service area,
| why not switch ? (Don't know about Voo, I live in Brussels).
|
| My mobile connectivity comes via Mobile Vikings which are now
| part of Proximus - also IPv6 there, and I love their excellent
| service.
| bityard wrote:
| For all of the bullshit that is Comcast and their ongoing
| mission to fully enshittify every single aspect of last-mile
| Internet delivery at the expense of consumers and taxpayers, I
| will say that at least they've had great IPv6 support for well
| over a decade at this point.
| bigstrat2003 wrote:
| Yeah, I'm a Comcast customer and I'm very happy with their
| IPv6 support. The only things I would want different are a
| prefix larger than a /60 (say a /56), and the ability to have
| a permanently assigned prefix on my residential connection
| (but that's unlikely, I know). As evil as the Comcast
| _business_ people are, their engineers clearly are trying to
| do right by customers.
| scrlk wrote:
| Virgin Media in the UK are somewhat infamous for being non-
| committal about IPv6. There was a thread that ran for 13 years
| on their forums about it (locked in 2023):
| https://community.virginmedia.com/discussions/Setup/ipv6-sup...
|
| Also: https://www.havevirginmediaenabledipv6yet.co.uk/
| tonymet wrote:
| Or Ziply Residential
| bbarnett wrote:
| They, as I, are waiting for ipv8. A simple addition of a 5th
| octlet, and a 6th for 'planet'.
| rwky wrote:
| Not just ISPs github and npm still don't and AWS is iffy too.
| ronsor wrote:
| I wonder which RIR it is. ARIN or RIPE?
| CaptainOfCoit wrote:
| Author seems to be based in the US, and IP address of the
| server is Linode/RIPE, so I'm placing a five eurocent bet on
| RIPE.
| toast0 wrote:
| My guess would be RIPE, it would likely fit with the RIPE
| Atlas?
|
| But it could also be APNIC, they put out a lot of observational
| reports too, so it could fit with my perception of them. Maybe
| LACNIC or AfriNIC wants to do something to raise their profile?
| nadermx wrote:
| The cost of running this vs the benefit must be huge.
| IT4MD wrote:
| _cheering_
|
| Thanks!
| throwmeaway222 wrote:
| Great!
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