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rdegges
Front page ipify.org shows wrong example for IPv6
One picture is better than a thousand words.
Maybe I'm mistaking but to my knowledge this is not an IPv6 address.
Funnily enough even their IPv6 endpoint returns IPv4 addresses sometimes.
Let's see (in the end, well no)
- api.ipify.org only IPv4
- api64.ipify.org both v4 and v6
- api6.ipify.org only IPv6 - so #43 and #47 Is resolved and api6 now only has v6 DNS record, and thus only gives v6 address back.
https://ipify.org however connects to api.ipify.org and api64.ipify.org (note that it changed from api6) So it does give you back v6, if v6 is preferred in your browser/client.
I think that ipify.org should switch to use api6.ipify.org instead of api64.ipify.org. (and switch back to show "IPv6" instead of "IPv4(v6)") If you currently get a v4 address, it means IPv6 is not working, not preferred or is slower then v4 to respond.
i see ...
from what i see on the website, the current explanation is not clearer now :
- We can read
IPv4(v6)which is unclear to me - The endpoint still serves the IPv4 address
i see ...
from what i see on the website, the current explanation is not clearer now :
- We can read
IPv4(v6)which is unclear to me- The endpoint still serves the IPv4 address
I fully agree, something is odd here.
Not sure if there is any misunderstanding, I'm just someone that was reading all ipv6 related issues on the project and connected some issues togheter, while also pointing out some changes done to the site since issues was created.