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Re: World of Warcraft may begin using IPv6 on Tuesday
From: Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:20:39 +1000
In message <BANLkTi=1yxRca06LOuxooSh0Ueiv_15+CmT8CkuvFcXuL2Odfw () mail gmail com>, Ray Soucy writes:
Just grabbed the Trial and tested it. Verified that IPv6 is used for World of Warcraft on the Antonidas server. It works pretty well actually. I see they replicated their practice of dropping all ICMP traffic for IPv6. Not sure that's the best idea.
It's *never* been a good idea let alone a best idea however it was the only solution to a problem in the last millinium and really should only be deploy to protect those 20 year old boxes that still have that problem. Way to much of security so called "best practice" isn't and actually has deterimental effects that outweigh any benifits. Mark
Anyone know if they plan to leave it working now and possibly expand it too all their servers? Ray On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Frank Bulk <frnkblk () iname com> wrote:More here: http://ipv6.blizzard.com/ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0To test IPv6 in World of Warcraft, you'll need to edit you=r=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0config.wtf file and add the following line: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0SET unlockIPv6 "1" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0This will activate the IPv6 features. If your computer has =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0a valid IPv6 address, you'll be able to check the "Enable =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0IPv6" checkbox from the Network options in the World of =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Warcraft client. Once in the game, you'll be able to see =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0which type of connection the client has made to the realms =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0next to the latency information. Frank -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Day [mailto:toasty () dragondata com] Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 1:10 PM To: NANOG list Subject: World of Warcraft may begin using IPv6 on Tuesday For those that don't know, World of Warcraft is currently the largest onl=inerole playing game, with somewhere over 12 million subscribers. Version 4.1 of the game is expected to be released this Tuesday, which wi=llbe automatically pushed to all clients. The current Beta version of 4.1 h=asfull IPv6 support. In the beta, it's automatically enabled if you have native IPv6 (non-6to4, non-Teredo). While Blizzard has been pretty silent about this, barring a last minute revert or delay of this patch, there ar=esuddenly going to be a bunch more users that can potentially use IPv6. An=dthese users are the type who are going to be especially sensitive to latency, jitter and packet loss, since this is a real-time game platform. 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 "Enabl=eIPv6 when available". It's apparently grayed out if you do not have IPv6 =atall, 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 IP=v6,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." Anyone from Activision/Blizzard who would like to chime in with more details? :) -- Kevin--=20 Ray Soucy Epic Communications Specialist Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526 Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System http://www.networkmaine.net/
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Current thread:
- RE: World of Warcraft may begin using IPv6 on Tuesday Frank Bulk (Jun 08)
- Re: World of Warcraft may begin using IPv6 on Tuesday Ray Soucy (Jun 08)
- Re: World of Warcraft may begin using IPv6 on Tuesday Mark Andrews (Jun 08)
- Retraining "IT" on networking myths (the cloud to the rescue!) Jared Mauch (Jun 08)
- Re: Retraining "IT" on networking myths (the cloud to the rescue!) Michael Sinatra (Jun 08)
- Re: World of Warcraft may begin using IPv6 on Tuesday Mark Andrews (Jun 08)
- Re: World of Warcraft may begin using IPv6 on Tuesday Ray Soucy (Jun 08)