+1 not only is it not experimental, its been the real deal since the mid 1990's. You can only expect usage of IPv6 to increase exponentially moving forward. On 01/27/10 03:51, David Ledger wrote: > At 12:55 -0800 26/1/10, John Baltutis wrote: >> On 1/25/10, zapcat <zapcat at speakeasy.net> wrote: >>> Whether or not it does, do you know of any downsides to turning IPv6 >>> off? >> >> Turn it off. It's experimental: >> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8708.html> > > The quote from that link: "IPv6 is used primarily by some research > institutions" does not mean that it's experimental. In fact it's a full > standard and very much alive. Admittedly mainly alive within > organisations because of the unreliability of some bits of the Internet > infrastructure like some DNS servers. > > To my own knowledge there was much interest in IPv6 deployment at a 2008 > conference attended by many of those who provide the web services we all > use, so it may not be long before we're all using websites with IPv6 > addresses. > > Most people can turn it off for now, but don't dismiss it as > experimental. It left that stage in 1998. > > David > >