IPv6 and microsoft.com?

[MtnMan]

After installing a new router, I discovered that Charter is now providing IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to my router.

Been testing it a bit, and typically find that IPv6 provides better response time on pings and better throughput speeds, especially the more distant the source.

But it appears that Microsoft.com is yet to implement IPv6, as no IPv6 addresses are returned from DNS. The same is true for other "technology leaders", including Dell, HP, and IBM.

C:\Users\MtnMan>nslookup
Default Server: 2600-6c5e-537f-e35d-0000-0000-0000-0001.dhcp6.chtrptr.net
Address: 2600:6c5e:537f:e35d::1

> microsoft.com

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: microsoft.com
Addresses: 23.100.122.175
104.43.195.251
104.40.211.35
191.239.213.197
23.96.52.53

> yahoo.com

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: yahoo.com
Addresses: 2001:4998:44:204::a7
2001:4998:c:a06::2:4008
2001:4998:58:c02::a9
206.190.36.45
98.138.253.109
98.139.180.149

> bing.com

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: bing.com
Addresses: 13.107.21.200
204.79.197.200

> cisco.com

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: cisco.com
Addresses: 2001:420:1101:1::a
72.163.4.161

> netflix.com

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: netflix.com
Addresses: 2406:da00:ff00::3400:2f84
2406:da00:ff00::3405:4f49
2406:da00:ff00::22c7:e848
2406:da00:ff00::3400:d9af
2406:da00:ff00::3404:71da
2406:da00:ff00::3401:898a
2406:da00:ff00::3405:5923
2406:da00:ff00::3659:8f
52.45.166.41
52.5.79.73
52.45.134.36
52.45.11.157
52.45.81.31
52.45.226.110
52.5.104.12
52.45.114.230

 

[mnewsham]

IPV6 frontend isn't really a concern at the moment, the VAST majority of people will be using IPV4 anyway, and no one is really coming from an IPV6 only connection.

Almost all the companies you've mentioned do IPV6 in the data center, where the benefits are far more tangible.

 

[razel]

You are at the mercy of Internet weather and traffic. Your deduction of IPv6 being faster isn't because of IPv6 itself, but more likely just less traffic/usage at whatever is processing your packet.

Regardless, nslookup is just the beginning of how Microsoft uses IPv6. Not everything Microsoft uses lives at the Microsoft domain. An example is their cdns and Azure. Yup. Apple uses Azure I know, but it's true.

 

[VirtualLarry]

What does test-ipv6.com show you, when you visit. I wonder if you have your IPv6-capable nameservers all in a row.

 

[MtnMan]

I get a 10/10 for the summary and

Test with IPv4 DNS record ok (0.131s) using ipv4
Test with IPv6 DNS record ok (0.134s) using ipv6
Test with Dual Stack DNS record ok (0.349s) using ipv6
Test for Dual Stack DNS and large packet ok (0.140s) using ipv6
Test IPv4 without DNS ok (0.242s) using ipv4
Test IPv6 without DNS ok (0.224s) using ipv6
Test IPv6 large packet ok (0.529s) using ipv6
Test if your ISP's DNS server uses IPv6 ok (0.287s) using ipv6
Find IPv4 Service Provider ok (0.610s) using ipv4 ASN 20115
Find IPv6 Service Provider ok (0.459s) using ipv6 ASN 20115