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Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems
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<p>This is a comparison of <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a> in regard to their support of the <a href="/facts/IPv6/d4dg7kIL">IPv6</a> protocol. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>OS</th><th>Version</th><th>Claimed IPv6-ready</th><th>Installed by default</th><th><a href="/facts/DHCPv6/VMuk8QzQ">DHCPv6</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Neighbor_Discovery_Protocol/kEtX2uDb">ND</a> RDNSS</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/IBM_AIX/cRWERua2">AIX</a></td><td>4.3</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/AlliedWare_Plus/kfFPQzLj">AlliedWare Plus</a></td><td>5.4.4</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a></td><td>4.2 (<a href="/facts/Android_Ice_Cream_Sandwich/FWzoxLoh">Ice Cream Sandwich</a>)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/ChromeOS/zH0B5Xtk">ChromeOS</a></td><td>67.0.3396.99</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cisco_IOS/jwcRuzX8">Cisco IOS</a></td><td>15.3</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Support for RDNSS option as of 15.4(1)T, 15.3(2)S.</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Cisco_Meraki/zW6fFl22">Cisco Meraki</a></td><td>MR series 28.1 and later</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Devices support DHCPv6 for clients but not for themselves.</td></tr><tr><td>MX & MX series</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Devices can only carry/pass through IPv6 on bridge, but not route.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Debian/cBd93qfJ">Debian</a></td><td>3.0 (woody)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>RDNSS support with "rdnssd" and "resolvconf" or "openresolve" packages.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Fedora_Linux/LJ2ocge5">Fedora</a></td><td>13</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a></td><td>9.0</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Add-on</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/FreeDOS/61fuGd0j">FreeDOS</a></td><td>1.3</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/HP-UX/hIvLDdJF">HP-UX</a></td><td>11i</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/IBM_i/lsIRAUvn">IBM i</a></td><td>7.1</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a></td><td>4.1</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Junos_OS/osUAt6qS">Juniper JUNOS</a></td><td>14.1</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>RDNSS support introduced in JunOS 14.1</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/LibreELEC/Dsl2Plv2">LibreELEC</a></td><td>9.2.1</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mageia/FIbbAsr6">Mageia</a></td><td>7+</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Mageia has had full support for IPv6 only and IPv4 + IPv6 since Mageia 7, as well as continuing to support <a href="/facts/IPv4/bnQ5MEqm">IPv4</a> only systems.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/OS_X_Lion/CHyxXg8X">Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Versions 10.7 through 10.10 often prefer IPv4 even when working IPv6 connectivity is available. Versions 10.11 and up will prioritize IPv6 Traffic in spec with <a href="/facts/Happy_Eyeballs/gJ7zMUqD">Happy Eyeballs</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/MeeGo/3P3HSE8K">MeeGo</a></td><td>1.2</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/NetBSD/PTm5HWls">NetBSD</a></td><td>7.0</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Switch/UPy7Bcyu">Switch</a> 17.0.1</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/OpenBSD/xmPS9tek">OpenBSD</a></td><td>6.6</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Add-on</td><td>Yes</td><td>RDNSS is only supported for rad(8) so far. As of 6.6, OpenBSD still does not favor IPv6 connectivity if there is IPv4 connectivity.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/OpenSUSE/mFzGMY3z">openSUSE</a></td><td>42.1 (Leap)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/OpenVMS/rAnHAgpD">OpenVMS</a></td><td>8.3</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/PlayStation/09r71TxV">PlayStation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/PlayStation_4/wMtdFnoP">4</a> v3.50</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/PlayStation_5/vJ2ahUoK">5</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/ReactOS/BFmfC6BB">ReactOS</a></td><td>0.4.14</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Though ReactOS itself has no IPv6 support, <a href="https://reactos.org/wiki/IPv6">ReactOS Foundation services are all IPv6 enabled</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6Cekx2ed">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a></td><td>6</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Solaris_(operating_system)/KPfT98EJ">Solaris</a></td><td>11</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server/Fqf31h9R">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server</a></td><td>11</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Symbian/gbRl35V9">Symbian</a></td><td>7.0</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td><a href="http://sw.nokia.com/id/f9363497-5d96-4354-b071-e212ab204c63/Nokia_Views_on_IPv6_Transition_v2_0_en.pdf">[1]</a>[<i>permanent dead link</i>]</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Tizen/gNrC0mnG">Tizen</a> (<a href="/facts/Smart_TV/JE3CHk0y">Smart TVs</a>)</td><td>1420.0</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td>1622.4</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ubuntu/0WDd7hkb">Ubuntu</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ubuntu_version_history/85JvJ2sj">All supported versions</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>RDNSS support available so long as NetworkManager uses IPv6 "Automatic" setting, otherwise "rdnssd" package required.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/WebOS/lf3sPSeG">webOS</a></td><td>2.1.0</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Windows_NT/EtccWvxQ">Windows NT</a> (includes<a href="/facts/Windows_10_Mobile/JGjuL0fl">Windows 10 Mobile</a>, and <a href="/facts/Xbox_One/Nom1XYbe">Xbox One</a> onwards)</td><td>5.1 (<a href="/facts/Windows_XP/IozrkAYS">XP</a>)</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Add-on</td><td>No</td><td>Windows XP users can use Dibbler, an open source DHCPv6 implementation. --update: Windows XP fully supports IPv6- but NOT IPv6 <a href="/facts/DNS/rfxdWFsj">DNS</a> queries (nslookup)</td></tr><tr><td>6.x (<a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Vista</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">7</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_8/eRtw96T3">8</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_8.1/HRWIv7Mn">8.1</a>), <a href="/facts/Windows_10/be9IHehJ">10</a> <a href="/facts/Windows_10_(original_release)/uo2UIUpK">RTM</a>-<a href="/facts/Windows_10,_version_1607/7zut4Ecc">Anniversary Update</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>rdnssd-win32 provides an open source implementation of ND RDNSS</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Windows_10,_version_1709/LXhH712V">10 Creators Update</a> and later</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Windows 10 Creators Update introduces support for RFC 8106 (6106) RDNSS.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Windows_Mobile/YfskR7FS">Windows Mobile</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Windows_Mobile_6.5/TYtFdH42">6.5</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Lite</td><td>No</td><td>If the <a href="/facts/OEM/hmUhIWaS">OEM</a> explicitly unsets the SYSGEN_TCPIP6 pre-processor symbol, the built image will not have any IPv6 capabilities.</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Windows_Phone/khEg0rGT">Windows Phone</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Windows_Phone_7/smNsH1IJ">7</a>.5</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Windows_Phone_8/8Ed3tWwl">8</a>(<a href="/facts/Windows_Phone_8.1/X1NgxYPn">.1</a>)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Private lab research. No privacy extensions (RFC4941).</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Z/OS/amLCAlgV">z/OS</a></td><td>V1R4.0</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>?</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Z/VM/uhFIowB3">z/VM</a></td><td>V5R1.0</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/VSE_(operating_system)/b6Hnxc2p">z/VSE</a></td><td>V4R2</td><td>Add-on</td><td>No</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>Via a third party <a href="/facts/TCP/IP/KNkxtSpw">TCP/IP</a> stack, IP6/VSE from Barnard Software, Inc.</td></tr></tbody></table>