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How timely for some new info for this topic... I just thought I'd provide a link to this video... it's from a Cisco symposium in France last month, with one of Comcast's IPv6 engineers talking about their path to IPv6 only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSLrJfBwkiI
The USA's largest ISP has a full IPv4/v6 dual-stack network NOW, and they're moving towards IPv6-only. There's no definitive timeline given of course, but they're clearly looking ahead as they mention that they will have more info and insight into implementation of "IPv4 as a service" in a year. It could be as soon as late next year that they start treating IPv4 as "second class" over IPv6, as more and more traffic travels over IPv6. They already see 25-30% of their network traffic as IPv6; About 90% of their traffic to a "major search provider" (read: Google) is IPv6. Those numbers are only going up.
I hope this serves as an early wakeup call... it's only going to become more and more prevalent. And it might happen sooner than you think. As a Comcast customer embracing IPv6, I really hope that Sonos has it on the calendar to at least start working on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSLrJfBwkiI
The USA's largest ISP has a full IPv4/v6 dual-stack network NOW, and they're moving towards IPv6-only. There's no definitive timeline given of course, but they're clearly looking ahead as they mention that they will have more info and insight into implementation of "IPv4 as a service" in a year. It could be as soon as late next year that they start treating IPv4 as "second class" over IPv6, as more and more traffic travels over IPv6. They already see 25-30% of their network traffic as IPv6; About 90% of their traffic to a "major search provider" (read: Google) is IPv6. Those numbers are only going up.
I hope this serves as an early wakeup call... it's only going to become more and more prevalent. And it might happen sooner than you think. As a Comcast customer embracing IPv6, I really hope that Sonos has it on the calendar to at least start working on it.
Hi JeroenB, our team has already been looking into this to see if we'll need to make any adjustments to the app. The players themselves won't have an issue but we're investigating if any changes need to be made to the app and working to change anything that does.
Thanks for asking.
Thanks for asking.
My experience with Apple and App Store guidelines: they have rules and there is no room for "but surely you see my situation is just a bit different" arguments. You either stick to Apple's rules or get rejected. But then again, if a lot of big brands are not ready for IPv6 only, Apple might be more flexible. We will have to wait and see.
Perhaps this is something the Sonos iOS app team knows more about...?
Updated. From https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/NetworkingInternetWeb/Conceptual/NetworkingOverview/UnderstandingandPreparingfortheIPv6Transition/UnderstandingandPreparingfortheIPv6Transition.html
"Some apps also pass the SCNetworkReachabilityCreateWithAddress method an IPv4 address of 169.254.0.0, a self-assigned link-local address, to check for an active Wi-Fi connection. To check for Wi-Fi or cellular connectivity, look for the network reachability flag kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsIsWWAN instead."
To me this reads as: "if you are using a fixed IPv4 address, even only to check something on your local network: too bad, you have to fix this as well.". We'll see.
Although I'm all in favor of IPv6 support, having IPv6 connectivity to internet doesn't restrict you from using IPv4 locally. I would assume that the Apple rules applies primarily for internet facing network traffic, and not necessarily for local traffic.
However, with that setup (having only IPv6 as internet connectivity), streaming services would probably struggle to function, since there are no IPv6 stack on the players. That will be a much bigger problem for Sonos. Having to rely on v4->v6 bridging in a local router or with your ISP is not a pleasant situation to be in.
However, with that setup (having only IPv6 as internet connectivity), streaming services would probably struggle to function, since there are no IPv6 stack on the players. That will be a much bigger problem for Sonos. Having to rely on v4->v6 bridging in a local router or with your ISP is not a pleasant situation to be in.
I was wondering what the status is of Sonos supporting IP v6.
"Starting June 1, 2016 all apps submitted to the App Store must support IPv6-only networking."
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=05042016a
What does this mean for updates to the official Sonos App? Probably Apple will reject it? It depends on how hard coded IPv4 is implemented.
(and this goes for all the 3rd party apps such as my little project SonoControls https://itunes.apple.com/app/sonocontrols-controller-widget/id1082647737?mt=8). After all, the only way 3rd party apps can connect to Sonos devices is with a fixed IPv4 address.
Also, there is a risk that IoT apps / universal remote Apps that now support Sonos, will drop Sonos support as soon as they find out that Apple rejects their App updates for using fixed IPv4 addresses.
Again, not sure how strict Apple will be with this, but the Apple documentation link I posted suggests this will probably be reason for rejection.
Apple will not remove apps, but will reject App updates in such cases.
"Starting June 1, 2016 all apps submitted to the App Store must support IPv6-only networking."
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=05042016a
What does this mean for updates to the official Sonos App? Probably Apple will reject it? It depends on how hard coded IPv4 is implemented.
(and this goes for all the 3rd party apps such as my little project SonoControls https://itunes.apple.com/app/sonocontrols-controller-widget/id1082647737?mt=8). After all, the only way 3rd party apps can connect to Sonos devices is with a fixed IPv4 address.
Also, there is a risk that IoT apps / universal remote Apps that now support Sonos, will drop Sonos support as soon as they find out that Apple rejects their App updates for using fixed IPv4 addresses.
Again, not sure how strict Apple will be with this, but the Apple documentation link I posted suggests this will probably be reason for rejection.
Apple will not remove apps, but will reject App updates in such cases.
IPv6 use continues to grow. This makes sense, since now four out of the five regional IP registries are completely out of IPv4 addresses. 2015 was a big year for IPv6 growth worldwide. The numbers below are based on Google data... APNIC numbers are higher in some areas as they use a different way of measuring user percentage. Cisco's 6Lab site shows both numbers on their maps, but only provides historical data for Google.
- IPv6 users in the US grew almost 10% this year, with 23-24% now using IPv6; over 60 million users.
- Canada's on the rise, moving up to almost 7% with a big jump in September; About 2.3 million users.
- Germany continues a steady climb, rising about 7% to over 20% now, almost 14.2 million users.
- Belgium also continues a steady climb, rising about 10% to over 38%, about 3.6 million users.
- Japan grew from about 6% at the start of the year to just shy of 9%... over 10 million users.
- Portugal almost had 300% growth... currently at 20% of users with IPv6, after starting with only 5.5%.
- Greece was just shy of 200% growth... starting the year at 6.75% now at just under 19%.
- Switzerland made a big jump in June, and continues to rise... over 26% of users have IPv6.
- Sweden IPv6 users just about doubled this year... over 2.5% have IPv6.
- The Netherlands started 2015 at about 2.1%... they briefly peaked over 4% before falling back to 3.8%.
- The UK took a big step this year, jumping from 0.25% in January to over 2.5%.
- Brazil also took a big step this year, jumping from 0.1% to almost 6.5%!
An ISP in the UK has begun providing IPv6-only service... the ISP provides ONLY IPv6 addresses to customers, then handles translation to IPv4 sites as necessary on their end. Guess what won't work on this ISP, since it doesn't support IPv6?
Music services will likely continue to support IPv4 for a long time, yes that's true... but if IPv6 only ISP's start popping up in greater numbers (and they can't get more IPv4 addresses, so this is increasingly likely), Sonos will be just as useless.
And to lend credence to an earlier comment about IPv6 being more responsive than IPv4... I submit the two Smokeping graphs attached. One shows the IPv4 response time over the past week from my VPS in New York to my home router in Virginia, the other shows the IPv6 response. The v4 graph clearly shows increased delays during "prime time", while the v6 graph is much cleaner.
Get going with this Sonos... many would say you're already well behind the curve on this. The devices can support IPv6, even if your servers don't,
- IPv6 users in the US grew almost 10% this year, with 23-24% now using IPv6; over 60 million users.
- Canada's on the rise, moving up to almost 7% with a big jump in September; About 2.3 million users.
- Germany continues a steady climb, rising about 7% to over 20% now, almost 14.2 million users.
- Belgium also continues a steady climb, rising about 10% to over 38%, about 3.6 million users.
- Japan grew from about 6% at the start of the year to just shy of 9%... over 10 million users.
- Portugal almost had 300% growth... currently at 20% of users with IPv6, after starting with only 5.5%.
- Greece was just shy of 200% growth... starting the year at 6.75% now at just under 19%.
- Switzerland made a big jump in June, and continues to rise... over 26% of users have IPv6.
- Sweden IPv6 users just about doubled this year... over 2.5% have IPv6.
- The Netherlands started 2015 at about 2.1%... they briefly peaked over 4% before falling back to 3.8%.
- The UK took a big step this year, jumping from 0.25% in January to over 2.5%.
- Brazil also took a big step this year, jumping from 0.1% to almost 6.5%!
An ISP in the UK has begun providing IPv6-only service... the ISP provides ONLY IPv6 addresses to customers, then handles translation to IPv4 sites as necessary on their end. Guess what won't work on this ISP, since it doesn't support IPv6?
Music services will likely continue to support IPv4 for a long time, yes that's true... but if IPv6 only ISP's start popping up in greater numbers (and they can't get more IPv4 addresses, so this is increasingly likely), Sonos will be just as useless.
And to lend credence to an earlier comment about IPv6 being more responsive than IPv4... I submit the two Smokeping graphs attached. One shows the IPv4 response time over the past week from my VPS in New York to my home router in Virginia, the other shows the IPv6 response. The v4 graph clearly shows increased delays during "prime time", while the v6 graph is much cleaner.
Get going with this Sonos... many would say you're already well behind the curve on this. The devices can support IPv6, even if your servers don't,
very disappointed in Sonos backward statements here, you'd expect better. I too bought 5 or 6 zones a few years ago as it was all very innovative and new. Now I'm not so sure, I haven't seen any new features whatsoever lately, just more and more music services. Meanwhile the PC and MAC applications are a complete mess and have very disappointing features (try drag and drop between players), so simple to implement.
I'm going to be moving to Crestron SWAMP now, gives me more central management capabilities and complete control via the Crestron Software.
Such a pity. this could have been great.
I'm going to be moving to Crestron SWAMP now, gives me more central management capabilities and complete control via the Crestron Software.
Such a pity. this could have been great.
Every Sonos device on a network has its own IP address. If Sonos were to continue operating in this fashion, then every Sonos device would need to support IPv6.
I'm not worried about the fact that it's 5 or 10 year old hardware... IPv6 is something that would be added in software/firmware. And Sonos continues to support their old and out-of-production devices with software updates, even years after they stopped producing them.
Just out of curiosity sake... if Sonos finally makes an IPv6 item, perhaps a Bridge, Boost, or a speaker that is hardwired to a router, that would then make the whole Sonos setup good to go for IPv6 services? That seems like the easiest way to fix the issue if this is true, but I definitely feel sonos should start making improvements before it's too late. To many competitors exist today to be selling 10 year old play 5s that still cost a fortune and haven't had a single improvement. I don't want them to re-invent the wheel but it's hard to justify buying expensive new electronics when I already feel they're on the verge of becoming antiques.
Just thought I'd point out the wonderful irony that this new community site is accessible via IPv6. :)
Besides traffic leaving the boundaries of the home, also within the home IPv6 will get mote popular looking at some IoT addressing schemes. I am almost ready to kick v4 out of my home - if there was not this sonos system 😞 - OK, no worries, there is also some not so smart smart TV 😉
Your local network will remain on IPv4, as the home is never going to have enough devices that you need to go to IPv6. Again, the players will continue to function perfectly fine.
We are constantly monitoring the market and technology trends that are important. Should there come a time when Sonos players need to connect to an IPv6 server, we’ll make sure that you can continue to listen to music in your home. Whether this means making players IPv6 compatible, or finding a solution which will work somewhere in the middle.
I'll disable all IPv4 as soon as 90% of the services are IPv6.
NAT is horrible tech and needs to go extinct.
I've never seen a company that stated out so innovative end up so far behind.
Did your developers run away, and only the marketing team is left behind?
My somewhat-snarky response to their support team was that nowhere in the system requirements does it talk about IPv4 as a must-have. Google Play Music supports IPv6 streaming, which is the only streaming music service I use :)
Sometimes (e.g. Wiznet chips) the IPv4 stack is baked into the chip.
However, I think we can focus on Sonos implementing IPv6 in future product releases and on their website and services as a first step. Existing hardware is a nice to have, but at least stop producing new stuff that won't work with the modern internet.
However, I think we can focus on Sonos implementing IPv6 in future product releases and on their website and services as a first step. Existing hardware is a nice to have, but at least stop producing new stuff that won't work with the modern internet.
FYI
The layer 3 protocols should largely be independent of the hardware which is at layer 1 and 2. Even if there were some dependencies, I doubt there are any chipset manufacturers who would make something that didn't support IPv6 these days.
In other words, there shouldn't be an issue.
The layer 3 protocols should largely be independent of the hardware which is at layer 1 and 2. Even if there were some dependencies, I doubt there are any chipset manufacturers who would make something that didn't support IPv6 these days.
In other words, there shouldn't be an issue.
Does anyone know if the chipsets in the speakers even support dual-stack?
Another thing to consider is that sooner or later (and my money is on sooner) we're going to reach a point where enough content is on IPv6 that the economics of continuing to provide IPv4 as a free component of "Internet Access" will no longer make sense to some of the larger eyeball providers. (The economics will, in fact, drive the largest ones to this brink fastest). Lee Howard has provided some excellent data in this regard.
Once that time comes, you may face a loss of customers that don't want to pay extra for IPv4 just to get to Sonos.
FWIW, I won't be subscribing to Sonos until I can get there over IPv6.
Once that time comes, you may face a loss of customers that don't want to pay extra for IPv4 just to get to Sonos.
FWIW, I won't be subscribing to Sonos until I can get there over IPv6.
Sonus is correct, in that nearly every home broadband ISP will find a way to provide customers with local IPv4 addresses that work via NAT (even while the infrastructure of many of them is already moving to IPv6 for transport.) Similarly, people are today using IPv6 on the mobile phones and don't even know it - the mobile service provider uses IPv6 to phone, and there's dynamic mapping at both ends so IPv4 only applications work. Google reports that nearly 20% of US users are accessing Google via IPv6 (and this up from 10% just a year ago)
Of course, the IPv4-only devices and applications are slower than those using IPv6, and are prone to overloading and jitter issues, as your audio/video stream is being dynamically mapped to/from IPv4 (along with everyone else) at some data center in the service providers network... For example Facebook noted that devices supporting IPv6 are loading content from them 20 to 40% faster than those just using IPv4.
So, the real question is "can you build consumer home devices and services that only support IPv4, and still manage to get by as the Internet moves IPv6?" Yes, you definitely can. Are you at risk of having competitors show up with better performing solutions, and this situation becoming much more noticeable to your users over time? Alas, that's also true – whether it's an issue depends on each companies competitive situation, user focus, and product planning timeline.
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
Of course, the IPv4-only devices and applications are slower than those using IPv6, and are prone to overloading and jitter issues, as your audio/video stream is being dynamically mapped to/from IPv4 (along with everyone else) at some data center in the service providers network... For example Facebook noted that devices supporting IPv6 are loading content from them 20 to 40% faster than those just using IPv4.
So, the real question is "can you build consumer home devices and services that only support IPv4, and still manage to get by as the Internet moves IPv6?" Yes, you definitely can. Are you at risk of having competitors show up with better performing solutions, and this situation becoming much more noticeable to your users over time? Alas, that's also true – whether it's an issue depends on each companies competitive situation, user focus, and product planning timeline.
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> Your local network will remain on IPv4, as the home is never going to have enough devices that you need to go to IPv6.
Seriously? You think this is what IPv6 is about? You think that the "home network" is the only thing running out of space?
Here is a very real scenario for your product.
A few months down the road, this hip new company starts offering a service that is novel and your customers are clamoring for. But because IPv4 address space is exhausted, they are struggling to get enough v4 addresses to support their business and the address space they have is getting increasingly more expensive to keep due to greater demand and zero new supply. So, they deploy their service dual-stacked and simply say, "sorry, for the problems over IPv4, there is nothing we can really do about it. It is putting us out of business. Use IPv6 for the best experience."
Now, your product is SOL because you think your own integration are going to be the big kids from now and forever more. Next, you as a company scramble to implement support. but because you were too bullheaded to head our requests, you know nothing about implementation. You have no expertise in building out a v6 network, so you struggle for a while getting the basics working, all the while that competitor of your which wasn't so short-sighed, is getting your business.
If you think this is far fetched, you deserve to be out of business.
Even if it's years away, at least you'll be ahead of the game.
> Your local network will remain on IPv4, as the home is never going to have enough devices that you need to go to IPv6.
Seriously? You think this is what IPv6 is about? You think that the "home network" is the only thing running out of space?
Here is a very real scenario for your product.
A few months down the road, this hip new company starts offering a service that is novel and your customers are clamoring for. But because IPv4 address space is exhausted, they are struggling to get enough v4 addresses to support their business and the address space they have is getting increasingly more expensive to keep due to greater demand and zero new supply. So, they deploy their service dual-stacked and simply say, "sorry, for the problems over IPv4, there is nothing we can really do about it. It is putting us out of business. Use IPv6 for the best experience."
Now, your product is SOL because you think your own integration are going to be the big kids from now and forever more. Next, you as a company scramble to implement support. but because you were too bullheaded to head our requests, you know nothing about implementation. You have no expertise in building out a v6 network, so you struggle for a while getting the basics working, all the while that competitor of your which wasn't so short-sighed, is getting your business.
If you think this is far fetched, you deserve to be out of business.
The last thing I'll say on this, at least for the immediate future, is that I feel this line of thinking is extremely short-sighted.
Over the past day, numerous scenarios have popped into my head about how Sonos loses by not supporting IPv6. I could write a few pages about it all. But I won't. My opinion on this matter is clear, and there's not much more that I can say.
I think it's a mistake to ignore this. It's the future, and you know it's coming. Take the time now to get it right, rather than be rushed down the road when someone - an ISP or a music service - makes a change that suddenly prevents your products from operating properly, affecting your customers' ability to use them.
> Your local network will remain on IPv4, as the home is never going to have enough devices that you need to go to IPv6.
Seriously? You think this is what IPv6 is about? You think that the "home network" is the only thing running out of space?
Here is a very real scenario for your product.
A few months down the road, this hip new company starts offering a service that is novel and your customers are clamoring for. But because IPv4 address space is exhausted, they are struggling to get enough v4 addresses to support their business and the address space they have is getting increasingly more expensive to keep due to greater demand and zero new supply. So, they deploy their service dual-stacked and simply say, "sorry, for the problems over IPv4, there is nothing we can really do about it. It is putting us out of business. Use IPv6 for the best experience."
Now, your product is SOL because you think your own integration are going to be the big kids from now and forever more. Next, you as a company scramble to implement support. but because you were too bullheaded to head our requests, you know nothing about implementation. You have no expertise in building out a v6 network, so you struggle for a while getting the basics working, all the while that competitor of your which wasn't so short-sighed, is getting your business.
If you think this is far fetched, you deserve to be out of business.
We know the local network isn't going to run out of IPv4 address, so the only case we need to be worried about is in regards to the external servers we connect to. You do bring up a good point Jon, and we've talked about the possibility of such a service around here to be prepared just in case.
Any music service that wants to become main stream today will need to have IPv4 access. Should your situation come to play where it's simply impossible for them to get an IPv4 server connection in the future, and yet they still get the level of support you suggest, we'll work on a solution with them.
You are completely missing the point and are part of the problem with this mindset.
> Your local network will remain on IPv4, as the home is never going to have enough devices that you need to go to IPv6.
Seriously? You think this is what IPv6 is about? You think that the "home network" is the only thing running out of space?
Here is a very real scenario for your product.
A few months down the road, this hip new company starts offering a service that is novel and your customers are clamoring for. But because IPv4 address space is exhausted, they are struggling to get enough v4 addresses to support their business and the address space they have is getting increasingly more expensive to keep due to greater demand and zero new supply. So, they deploy their service dual-stacked and simply say, "sorry, for the problems over IPv4, there is nothing we can really do about it. It is putting us out of business. Use IPv6 for the best experience."
Now, your product is SOL because you think your own integration are going to be the big kids from now and forever more. Next, you as a company scramble to implement support. but because you were too bullheaded to head our requests, you know nothing about implementation. You have no expertise in building out a v6 network, so you struggle for a while getting the basics working, all the while that competitor of your which wasn't so short-sighed, is getting your business.
If you think this is far fetched, you deserve to be out of business.
> Your local network will remain on IPv4, as the home is never going to have enough devices that you need to go to IPv6.
Seriously? You think this is what IPv6 is about? You think that the "home network" is the only thing running out of space?
Here is a very real scenario for your product.
A few months down the road, this hip new company starts offering a service that is novel and your customers are clamoring for. But because IPv4 address space is exhausted, they are struggling to get enough v4 addresses to support their business and the address space they have is getting increasingly more expensive to keep due to greater demand and zero new supply. So, they deploy their service dual-stacked and simply say, "sorry, for the problems over IPv4, there is nothing we can really do about it. It is putting us out of business. Use IPv6 for the best experience."
Now, your product is SOL because you think your own integration are going to be the big kids from now and forever more. Next, you as a company scramble to implement support. but because you were too bullheaded to head our requests, you know nothing about implementation. You have no expertise in building out a v6 network, so you struggle for a while getting the basics working, all the while that competitor of your which wasn't so short-sighed, is getting your business.
If you think this is far fetched, you deserve to be out of business.
There is a lot of news around IPv6 lately, and some interesting articles, thanks for sharing MikeV. When it comes down to Sonos and IPv6, keep in mind that we only connect to an incredibly small slice of the Internet. Sonos players only connect to our home servers, music services, and Internet Radio streams. That’s about all of the net which our devices will ever see. Those locations are all major and will, in all likelihood, remain IPv4 accessible long into the future.
Your local network will remain on IPv4, as the home is never going to have enough devices that you need to go to IPv6. Again, the players will continue to function perfectly fine.
We are constantly monitoring the market and technology trends that are important. Should there come a time when Sonos players need to connect to an IPv6 server, we’ll make sure that you can continue to listen to music in your home. Whether this means making players IPv6 compatible, or finding a solution which will work somewhere in the middle.
Your local network will remain on IPv4, as the home is never going to have enough devices that you need to go to IPv6. Again, the players will continue to function perfectly fine.
We are constantly monitoring the market and technology trends that are important. Should there come a time when Sonos players need to connect to an IPv6 server, we’ll make sure that you can continue to listen to music in your home. Whether this means making players IPv6 compatible, or finding a solution which will work somewhere in the middle.
ARIN's got about a month (based on historical numbers) before it runs out of IPv4 addresses. ARIN provides IP address space to companies and organizations based in North America, and is the largest regional IP registry as far as registered address space. More info, along with some history of IPv4 depletion, and some info on how NAT has been used in growing numbers to extend the life of IPv4... An Update on IPv6
APNIC (Asia-Pacific region) ran out of IPv4 addresses in April 2011... RIPE (Europe and Middle East) ran out in September 2012. In May 2014, LACNIC (Latin America and Carribbean) ran out of IPv4 addresses.
Obviously companies can barter addresses they aren't using (an article from Network World talks about the private IPv4 address market), which will help to extend the life of IPv4 a little longer... but with four out of five global IP registries out or nearly out of IPv4 addresses, Sonos should really be starting to work on this.
APNIC (Asia-Pacific region) ran out of IPv4 addresses in April 2011... RIPE (Europe and Middle East) ran out in September 2012. In May 2014, LACNIC (Latin America and Carribbean) ran out of IPv4 addresses.
Obviously companies can barter addresses they aren't using (an article from Network World talks about the private IPv4 address market), which will help to extend the life of IPv4 a little longer... but with four out of five global IP registries out or nearly out of IPv4 addresses, Sonos should really be starting to work on this.
http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2015/06/apple-will-require-ipv6-support-for-all-ios-9-...
Thought I'd also add this post from Akamai's blog... being a major CDN, they're in a unique position to see all the traffic from end-users that support IPv6. This post includes a nice graphic showing significant increases in end-user IPv6 requests over almost the past two years from a number of countries around the world.
https://blogs.akamai.com/2015/06/three-years-since-world-ipv6-launch-strong-ipv6-growth-continues.ht...
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