[139946] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: World of Warcraft may begin using IPv6 on Tuesday
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek J. Balling)
Mon Apr 25 08:48:36 2011
From: "Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>
In-Reply-To: <AC5AD7B1-5C0D-46CC-8F4F-A4E9188D0967@dragondata.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:47:38 -0400
To: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Apr 23, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Kevin Day wrote:
> In the beta, it's automatically enabled if you have native IPv6 =
(non-6to4, non-Teredo).=20
> [...]
> For those of you with Help Desks who have to support users like this, =
the associated setting in the game's Options menu is apparently called =
"Enable IPv6 when available". It's apparently grayed out if you do not =
have IPv6 at all, unchecked by default if you are on 6to4 or Teredo, and =
checked by default if you are on native v6. The tooltip says: "Enables =
the use of IPv6, the technology behind the next-generation Internet. =
Requires IPv6 connectivity to the internet. Checking this box without =
IPv6 connectivity may prevent you from playing WoW."
The PTR notes don't seem to indicate that it will be enabled by default =
in any way when it goes live (it may be behaving as you describe =
specifically for data-gathering purposes in PTR, but it doesn't look =
like they intend to do that in live):
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/patch-notes/ptr-patch-notes
> The Network category contains the options "Optimize network for speed" =
and "Enable IPv6 when available". "Optimize network for speed" will be =
enabled by default, and will send packets more frequently at the cost of =
higher bandwidth. The higher bandwidth may lead to disconnects for some =
players who have limited bandwidth. Players getting disconnected =
frequently should try unchecking this box.
That call-out to the "optimize network" being enabled by default, with =
no such reference to the IPv6, leads me to believe that it'll be =
"proactive only" in the short-term. Probably until they see what the =
wider impact and problems are from non-PTR folks who test it out.
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