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I know that IPv6 is the future because there is only 4 billion IPv4 address, but on a home network, you are not going to have 4 billion users. So are there any other benefits that would make IPv6 on a home network better than using IPv4?

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But with IPv4 you can't give all of your kitchen appliances billions of IP addresses! – Phoshi Oct 19 '09 at 15:36
'cause my fridge has a twitter habit and gets very very upset if it can't tweet to all the neighbor fridges... – quack quixote Dec 13 '09 at 22:07
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No, there is not any benefit to using IPv6 at home.

Here is a relevant question: http://superuser.com/questions/29606/what-interesting-uses-for-ipv6-are-out-there

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Yes, there is a benefit to using IPv6 at home. The main one is education, i.e. you will gain experience at administering an IPv6 network that you can put on your resume. In about two years from now, sometime in 2011, the world will run out of IPv4 addresses and there will be a surge in demand for IPv6 networking, and that includes a demand for people experienced in administering IPv6.

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...and we're out. – 에이바 Apr 27 '11 at 17:30
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I use it to be able to reach all my machines from outside without doing anything special.

You could also use the improved multicast support to stream data in a much more efficient way.

IPv6 also removes a checksum so you could perhaps notice a small improvement in performance, but most likely not.

I try to use IPv6 whenever possible, mostly because it's a weee bit more nerdy... :)

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We've noticed the very slight improvement in performance on large file transfers internally. – Brian Knoblauch Dec 16 '09 at 12:48
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Windows 7 Homegroup requires IPv6

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When you run a server from home.... running IPv6 makes it easier... no need for static NAT translation as long as double NAT or DS-Lite is not used to connect your IPv4 host because static NAT translation will no more be possible... So ONLY IPv6 will allow you to run a Server at home...

I have an IPv6 Server at home which is not always online but I use it for testing. It tooks me a minute to add the DNS record at my ISP (OVH) and that's it!

Fred

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I believe that multicast support will be a real advantage.

Real-time content providers (for example internet radios/TVs) will be able to save a lot on bandwidth. Or imagine a videoconferencing with Skype, Skype could utilize multicast and as a result it could send better quality video to any number of participants. Heck... Imagine a torrent client with multicast support! One seeder could send the same piece of information to 1000 leechers at the same time while not using more bandwidth then it would take to send it to one!

I really really hope multicast gets implemented and deployed properly.

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