ip switching from ipv4 to ipv6

Erik Kline ek at google.com
Fri Apr 29 15:24:17 CEST 2016


I suppose you could just inject 300-500ms latency on IPv4 connections
somehow.  That might "fitch the glitch".  =)

On 29 April 2016 at 22:16, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike at swm.pp.se> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, re wrote:
>
>> but is there any explanation to the repeated changing of the ip address
>> from ipv4 to ipv6?
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Eyeballs
>
> If network conditions change then IPv4 or IPv6 might be preferred over time.
> It'll usually give a little bit of head-start for IPv6 (depending on
> implementation), but if v6 is significantly worse parts of the time, then
> you'll see the client bouncing between versions.
>
>
> --
> Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se


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