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		vlovich123 on Feb 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Formation of IPv4 Address Markets (2021) IP and MAC are separate layers. So yes, ipv6 works fine over 802.11 as long as your router supports ipv6 (I think by now all home routers probably do)

MayeulC on Feb 5, 2022 [–]

The wi-fi access point doesn't even need to be IPv6-aware, I'm pretty sure. Most can be set to a "bridge" mode that should work fine (note that I did not test this personally).

But even cheap wireless routers I bought 10 years ago support IPv6, and I doubt you really want to use that on a modern Wi-Fi network.

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