IPv6 beta support for Android phones

Tom Hill tom at ninjabadger.net
Sun Nov 6 16:32:57 UTC 2011


On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 15:04 -0700, Cameron Byrne wrote:
> FYI.
> 
> T-Mobile USA now has opt-in beta support for an Android phone on IPv6,
> more info here https://sites.google.com/site/tmoipv6/lg-mytouch

Very, very good. I hope T-Mobile UK (and elsewhere in the world) take
heed. 

I have to wonder why they've chosen to go with IPv6-only & DNS/NAT64
instead of a dual-stack approach. Is there a particular restriction that
prevents this?

> As far as i know, this is the first Android phone that support IPv6 on
> the GSM/UMTS mobile interface.  Previous version of Android phones
> supported IPv6 on WiFi and LTE.

Indeed, the 'Network Info II' application will show you the IPv6
addresses gained on WiFi interfaces (if anyone's interested). My Galaxy
S (unlocked/orig.) does this very well.

I wonder if it's possible to provide IPv6 support for UMTS/GSM via
firmware and/or software updates from Samsung?

Tom





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