Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems

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This is a comparison of operating systems in regard to their support of the IPv6 protocol.

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OSVersionClaimed IPv6-readyInstalled by default DHCPv6 ND RDNSSNotes
AIX 4.3YesYesYesNo
AlliedWare Plus 5.4.4YesYesYesNo
Android 4.2 (Ice Cream Sandwich)Yes [1] [2] YesNo [3] Yes
ChromeOS 67.0.3396.99YesYesNoYes
Cisco IOS 15.3YesYesYesYes [4] Support for RDNSS option as of 15.4(1)T, 15.3(2)S.
Cisco Meraki MR series 28.1 and laterYesYesNoYesDevices support DHCPv6 for clients but not for themselves. [5]
MX & MX seriesNoNoNoNoDevices can only carry/pass through IPv6 on bridge, but not route. [6]
Debian 3.0 (woody)YesYesYesYesRDNSS support with "rdnssd" and "resolvconf" or "openresolve" packages.
Fedora 13YesYes [7] Yes [7] Yes [7]
FreeBSD 9.0Yes [8] YesAdd-on [9] Yes [10]
FreeDOS 1.3NoNoNoNo
HP-UX 11iYesYesYesYes [11]
IBM i 7.1YesYesYesNo [12]
iOS 4.1YesYesYesYes [13]
Juniper JUNOS 14.1YesYesYesYesRDNSS support introduced in JunOS 14.1 [14]
LibreELEC 9.2.1YesYesYesYes
Mageia 7+YesYesYesYesMageia has had full support for IPv6 only and IPv4 + IPv6 since Mageia 7, as well as continuing to support IPv4 only systems. [15]
macOS Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) YesYesYes [16] Yes [17] Versions 10.7 through 10.10 often prefer IPv4 even when working IPv6 connectivity is available. [18] Versions 10.11 and up will prioritize IPv6 Traffic in spec with Happy Eyeballs. [19]
MeeGo 1.2No [20] Yes [21] NoYes [22]
NetBSD 7.0YesYesYesYes
Nintendo Switch 17.0.1NoNo ? ?
OpenBSD 6.6YesYesAdd-on [9] YesRDNSS is only supported for rad(8) so far. As of 6.6, OpenBSD still does not favor IPv6 connectivity if there is IPv4 connectivity.[ citation needed ]
openSUSE 42.1 (Leap)Yes [23] YesYesYes
OpenVMS 8.3YesYesNoNo
PlayStation 4 v3.50NoNoYes [24]  ?
5 YesYesYes ?
ReactOS 0.4.11NoNoNoNoThough ReactOS itself has no IPv6 support, ReactOS Foundation services are all IPv6 enabled.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Yes [25] YesYes [9] Yes
Solaris 11YesYesYesYes [26]
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11Yes [27] YesYesYes
Symbian 7.0YesYesNoNo [ permanent dead link ]
Ubuntu All supported versions YesYesYesYesRDNSS support available so long as NetworkManager uses IPv6 "Automatic" setting, otherwise "rdnssd" package required.
webOS 2.1.0NoNoNoNo [28]
Windows NT  (includes
Windows 10 Mobile, and Xbox One onwards)		5.1 (XP)YesNoAdd-on [9] NoWindows XP users can use Dibbler, an open source DHCPv6 implementation. --update: Windows XP fully supports IPv6- but NOT IPv6 DNS queries (nslookup) [29]
6.x (Vista, 7, 8, 8.1), 10 RTM-Anniversary Update Yes [30] YesYes [9] Nodnssd-win32 provides an open source implementation of ND RDNSS [31]
10 Creators Update and laterYes [30] YesYes [9] YesWindows 10 Creators Update introduces support for RFC 8106 (6106) RDNSS.
Windows Mobile 6.5 YesYesLite [32] NoIf the OEM explicitly unsets the SYSGEN_TCPIP6 pre-processor symbol, the built image will not have any IPv6 capabilities.
Windows Phone 7.5NoNoNoNo
8(.1) [33] YesYesYesNoPrivate lab research. No privacy extensions (RFC4941).
z/OS V1R4.0YesYesNo [34]  ?
z/VM V5R1.0YesYesNoNo [35]
z/VSE V4R2Add-on [36] No ? ?Via a third party TCP/IP stack, IP6/VSE from Barnard Software, Inc.

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References

  1. ↑ Support IPv6
  2. ↑ Support connecting to IPv6-only wireless networks
  3. ↑ Support for DHCPv6 (RFC 3315)
  4. ↑ "Cisco IOS IPv6 Command Reference - IPv6 Commands: Ipv6 mo to ipv6 ospf da [Support]".
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  7. 1 2 3 "Fedora 9 Installation Guide Chapter 9. Network Configuration". Fedora Project . Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  8. ↑ FreeBSD Handbook.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IPv6 Operating Systems.
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  15. ↑ "30588 – off topic discussion of Mageia ipv6 support".
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  17. ↑ nanog: Re: Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6
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