linuxmemes

It'll have a QR code printed on it.
That won't take you to the router's web server.
It'll take you to the play store to download the app. Which requires Play Services and access to your exact location, contacts, storage, call history and messages, just to set up your router.

Tbh, ipv4 is probably just a random string of nonsense to them anyways

But then they can have like a bajillion devices connected to their router without any collisions!

Well you could accept the default generated one, or set it to fe80::1 manually. Don't most good routers now have a DNS server in? So you could make it router.local or something?

I think some even by default make a DNS entry call router.local or similar pointing to themselves. This isn't a real problem and if IPv6 were adopted fully, then all routers would likely come with something like this setup anyway.

No idea if it was this one, but I find it amusing

I always liked this one where the racoon tries to wash some cotton candy to eat. Poor little guy.

The IPv6 stack is bigger than the IPv4 one, which is an important point for embedded systems and IoT devices.

IPv6
2026

Well, at least the last digit fits. Better now than in 10 Years 😉

It is a joke.

So you're now scared of :: padding oh no.

Also why are you writing an address validator yourself? Shouldn't be there like a bazillion libraries by now? xD

I have quite a lot of opinions on HRT (Hormone replacement Therapy)

You're already doing great if you just don't disable IPv6. Bonus points if your ISP and your router supports proper dual stack IPv4 + v6, then you can actually connect to the internet using v6! Also, fun fact: the original Nintendo Switch does not support IPv6 at all. Pretty much all other non-ancient consumer stuff should be fine. Check your clients IP address assignments, maybe you're already using IPv6.

Meh, it doesn't really offer anything for a home network.

And this is why it really hasn't be adopted even by business - there's already a network in place that works. Migrating to 6 doesn't offer any meaningful benefit to balance the effort and risk of the change.

Now if you're an SMB with 3 servers and a handful of computers, would you spend what little IT money you have making this change?

And if you're an enterprise with a thousand servers and tens of thousands of users, are you making this change?

Imagine the cost of reconfiguring routers, and the outages you'd experience doing this.

There's just no pressing urgency to change, and LOTS of cost and risk to do so.