Have a windows 7 64bit notebook and residential Verizon FIOS internet connection. Do not want to go through the Verizon DNS servers and also want to configure IPv6 for this machine. Have the current settings recorded and seek guidance on how to proceed. Specific guidance sought and would ask what performance might be gained from this move
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DNS and IPv6 changes for Windows 7 notebook
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photonboy
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I don't pretend to be an expert, but I'm pretty sure you just want to stick to the default way of doing things.
How is it you expect to have network access by avoiding your network provider?
You can read about IPv6 readiness here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#IPv6_readiness
I think it mainly applies to your ROUTER and in some cases a firmware update might make it IPv6 compatible where it was only IPv4 before. Again though, I'm pretty sure this is all a waste of time for you as your Router is likely already faster than your network access bandwidth.
How is it you expect to have network access by avoiding your network provider?
You can read about IPv6 readiness here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#IPv6_readiness
I think it mainly applies to your ROUTER and in some cases a firmware update might make it IPv6 compatible where it was only IPv4 before. Again though, I'm pretty sure this is all a waste of time for you as your Router is likely already faster than your network access bandwidth.
The verizon DNS is easy to bypass just put in a different one in your router or in your PC. It is unlikely they will try to prevent this since many people use opendns to try to filter traffic.
The IPv6 though the ISP must offer the support. Verizon does offer it on some accounts if you pay extra. I am not sure if they will let you add it to a consumer FIOS connection.
IPv6 is still mostly a waste of time. Only a tiny handful of sites support it and the overhead of tunneling it though IPv4 networks negates any benefit you would gain by not natting the addresses. So far I can't see any big benefit. It does not make anything run faster and when you come down to it you are actually sending even more overhead since the addresses are longer so it would run slower if you only consider the payload part. Although some people think IPv6 is more secure that security means you can also be tracked at the device level much more easily.
The IPv6 though the ISP must offer the support. Verizon does offer it on some accounts if you pay extra. I am not sure if they will let you add it to a consumer FIOS connection.
IPv6 is still mostly a waste of time. Only a tiny handful of sites support it and the overhead of tunneling it though IPv4 networks negates any benefit you would gain by not natting the addresses. So far I can't see any big benefit. It does not make anything run faster and when you come down to it you are actually sending even more overhead since the addresses are longer so it would run slower if you only consider the payload part. Although some people think IPv6 is more secure that security means you can also be tracked at the device level much more easily.
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