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Lovemylab
Contributor III
7 months ago
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Looking for internet/network insight

I had an unusual experience yesterday and I'm hoping one of you can help me gain insight. My wife said she was having internet issues so I immediately power cycled "everything". Modem, router, switc...
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    WiderMouthOpen
    7 months ago

    My guess is it had something to do with IPv4 vs IPv6 traffic. You were getting one, probably IPv6, but not the other. Check your IPv4 and IPv6 WAN IP of the google router next time you have a issue. Also ping a IPv6 address like Facebook.com.

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Lovemylab
Contributor III
7 months ago

Thanks for all the input. Based on the fact that I had connectivity to a certain set of external sites, but not others, I'm leaning towards the thought that there was a temporary issue, for an unknown reason, with IPv4. It would help if I could remember for certain whether Amazon worked or not. Google, Facebook, Microsoft365 are all IPv6 compatible. Amazon, Cox, and the corporate site my wife needed are not. If this ever happens again, I have a better model for analyzing the issue.