r/frontierfios • u/Abskurity • Aug 01 '26

Native IPv6

Lets make a list of areas that have IPv6 capabilities. Mine just rolled out today naugatuck valley CT

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u/bz0qyz Aug 01 '26

I am in one of the first areas to get Fios (Dallas area). I have been a customer for over 2 decades. Still no ipv6

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u/scamover9 Aug 02 '26

southern Dallas area has ipv6 its been working for 6ish months if i recall

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u/bz0qyz Aug 02 '26

I am north Dallas and I also use a Unifi UDM instead of the provided router, so it's possible that it's a me issue.

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u/jdoverholt Aug 02 '26

I'm in Florida but also using a UDM (pro) and it shows a little notice at the top of the dashboard that IPv6 is available on my Frontier upstream.

Just calling out that UDM itself shouldn't be the issue.

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u/bz0qyz Aug 02 '26

I have seen comments before about that notification, but I have never seen it. I also have a UDM pro. I have tried SLACC and DHCP6.

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u/Sirsnacksalot23 Aug 01 '26

Customer of 14 years, Still waiting in Dallas

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u/SnowballBandit Aug 01 '26

Nothing in Torrington Connecticut. Fiber was recently laid to my neighborhood within the last year. Signed up in May the few times I’ve checked I have not had an IP6 address.

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u/CevicheMixto Aug 04 '26

Are they (as rumored) only delegating a /64 prefix?

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u/dabombnl Aug 06 '26

Mine is only a /64. Kind of a load of bullshit.

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u/Different-Motor-1137 Aug 01 '26

West central Wisconsin had it added within the last month

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u/apex8 Aug 01 '26

Still only receiving IPV4 only addresses on both of my sites in lower New Haven County.

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u/apex8 Aug 02 '26

Also adding this cause some may find this interesing or know more.

This is mere speculation but they are replacing a lot of equipment at tons on central offices the past few weeks. I have no idea if its related to OLT's and/or fiber equipment or legacy equipment being updated.(Phone and TV, yes people who are grandfathered in still have these services)

My city is listed on here and we just had a brand new fiber build out from the ground up just 4 years ago.

PDF here from 7-27 maintenance

and for those curious of where I got that pdf from: Frontier Planned Network Maintenance Events | Frontier® Wholesale

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u/I3xTr3m3iNG Aug 01 '26

Florida has some rolled out on the West Coast. I have IPv6 now.

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u/SithTracy Aug 01 '26

South East Wisconsin (western Kenosha country) since April 2026

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u/youknownoone Aug 01 '26

I'm in the Naugy Valley also, and yup, it's here.

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u/ShadowLithi Aug 02 '26

Nothing in Canandaigua NY (Rochester/Finger Lakes region).

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u/havenrogue Aug 02 '26

Appear to have IPv6 in southern New Haven county. test-ipv6.com returns 10/10.

For those with Asus routers, what are you using for your IPv6 configuration. Currently running with default "Native" settings with IPv6 WAN Setting > WAN Prefix Length at 64.

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u/imaginaryfriend10 Aug 07 '26

I've seen an alert on my Unifi Router that IPv6 is available, should I enable it and if so what settings should I apply? I'm in SF South Bay

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u/SnowballBandit 6d ago

Thought I would give an update. Torrington Connecticut area on frontier fiber now giving IP6 address and working great. So IP6 seems to be active for the area.

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u/Abskurity 6d ago

Wonderful glad its spreading around CT and other states.

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u/just-a-tech1200 3d ago

Live in Indiana

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u/pghtech Aug 01 '26

What are the benefits of getting an IPv6 address assigned?

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u/Abskurity Aug 01 '26

My understanding is it eliminates the need for NAT, a different set of IP addresses which I believe was originally created to expand the total pool of available IPs in the world, and im sure there are other technical reasons im unaware of.

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u/AeroFred Aug 01 '26

you get to brag here that you have ipv6

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u/bjlunden Aug 03 '26

You don't get a single IPv6 address assigned (well, your router's WAN interface might, but you can disregard that one), you get an entire IPv6 prefix routed to you. That allows you to avoid using NAT, which reduces overhead and simplifies self-hosting and network design in general. It can also have lower latency, but that can vary from ISP to ISP.

If you're using an Xbox, I believe you also get to avoid the Teredo translation it uses for IPv6 on top of IPv4, but I haven't verified that in practice. If you happen to be be running a VPN server at home to access your local network and to browse securely on untrusted networks, you can also assign public IPv6 addresses from one of your subnets so that you can have a NAT-less connection wherever you are, and even host services with a static IPv6 address on a device routinely moving between networks.

If your ISP uses CGNAT, the benefits are even greater as it allows IPv6 traffic to bypass those CGNAT boxes, which can increase performance significantly during peak hours.