IPv6 test sites

JKnott

Speedtest supports IPv6, provided it's on a server that does. My ISP has a few speedtest sites and they support it. I've verified that with Wireshark.

lohphat

@jknott But that's not what I got when I first tried the URL, I got a domain parked message and a link to install a browser plugin. I copied and pasted the URL.

JKnott

@lohphat

I guess you missed my point. I have no idea about that link you provided, as I only go to speedtest.net and usually choose a site run by my ISP.

johnpoz

domains with stuff with - and then some common normal domain are almost always just crap..

I tried to hit that domain via just wget and get a 403 error after a 302 redirection

user@NewUC:/tmp$ wget ipv6-speedtest.net
--2022-01-14 07:51:56--  http://ipv6-speedtest.net/
Resolving ipv6-speedtest.net (ipv6-speedtest.net)... 103.224.182.239
Connecting to ipv6-speedtest.net (ipv6-speedtest.net)|103.224.182.239|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://ww38.ipv6-speedtest.net/ [following]
--2022-01-14 07:51:57--  http://ww38.ipv6-speedtest.net/
Resolving ww38.ipv6-speedtest.net (ww38.ipv6-speedtest.net)... 13.248.148.254, 76.223.26.96
Connecting to ww38.ipv6-speedtest.net (ww38.ipv6-speedtest.net)|13.248.148.254|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2022-01-14 07:51:57 ERROR 403: Forbidden.

JKnott

@johnpoz

One exception is ipv6.google.com. If you don't have IPv6, you can't reach it.

johnpoz

@jknott that is not a ipv6-google now is it ;) That is just a google fqdn..

ipv6-google is a domain while ipv6.google is a host in the google domain.

That fqdn ipv6-speedtest doesn't even have AAAA.

jhg

@iFloris said in IPv6 test sites:

http://ipv6-speedtest.net

Site is gone (domain parked ad)

JKnott

@johnpoz said in IPv6 test sites:

That fqdn ipv6-speedtest doesn't even have AAAA.

If you run a packet capture, you'll likely find it uses both IPv4 and IPv6, if available.

johnpoz

@JKnott well your not talking to that domain via IPv6 on the get go that is for sure

; <<>> DiG 9.16.50 <<>> ipv6-speedtest.net AAAA
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6775
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ipv6-speedtest.net.            IN      AAAA

;; Query time: 112 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.3.10#53(192.168.3.10)
;; WHEN: Mon Apr 22 10:13:06 Central Daylight Time 2024
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 47

And as mentioned, that domain is dead now anyway even on ipv4

JKnott

@johnpoz said in IPv6 test sites:

@JKnott well your not talking to that domain via IPv6 on the get go that is for sure

Here's what I get with a host lookup.

host speedtest.net
speedtest.net has address 151.101.194.219
speedtest.net has address 151.101.2.219
speedtest.net has address 151.101.66.219
speedtest.net has address 151.101.130.219
speedtest.net has IPv6 address 2a04:4e42:400::731
speedtest.net has IPv6 address 2a04:4e42:200::731
speedtest.net has IPv6 address 2a04:4e42::731
speedtest.net has IPv6 address 2a04:4e42:600::731

There sure seems to be some IPv6 addresses there. Prior to posting my comment, I verified both IPv4 and IPv6 were used, though I had known that for quite some time.

I did a host lookup on the name and got an IPv4 address back, but it was dead. I expect this was just a test address for IPv6 initially, just like Google had an IPv6 only host name.

Here's some info:

Requirements for IPv6 Functionality

johnpoz

@JKnott that is NOT what he is looking for.. speedtest.net is not ipv6-speedtest.net

BTW this thread is from 2011!!