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I have disabled IPV6 in my network adaptor properties. What practical uses does it have in my home network? I don't see any ill effects of having it disabled. One thing I noticed, having it disabled allows my computer names to be displayed in both File Manager's Network folder of my Windows 11 and Windows 10 laptops. Seems that Network Discovery is touched by IPV6.
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Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.
On a Home network IPv6 is not required at all, but for Internet, IPv6 will become increasingly required, basically that was introduced due to the amount of devices on the Internet, they were running out of IPv4 addresses.
IPv6 exists because we are rapidly running out of IP addresses in the IPv4 format. Most ISPs and routers can work with IPv6 addresses, however most websites cannot. That would require substantial recoding.
There's really nothing gained by disabling IPv6 in Windows. That would be like blocking the fifth seat in your car because there are only four people in your family.
The truth is, IPv6 networks have certain technical improvements over IPv4 networks, but until websites convert to IPv6 en masse there's no real reason to use IPv6.
