Subj : IP6 in (semi)public WiFi networks
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Tue Jul 29 2025 07:47 pm
On 29 Jul 2025 10:49 Michiel van der Vlist wrote to All :
Mvd> Hello All,
Mvd> (Semi)public Wifi netwrols in this part of the world are still IPv4 only
Mvd> with very few exceptions. I am talking about WiFi networks in shops,
Mvd> hotels, campings etc. Over the past two years I have only come across two
Mvd> that offer IPv6. These are camping Boszicht in Laag Soeren NL and the HF
Mvd> Witte Centre in de Bilt, NL. In the latter the WiFi is maintained by HCC,
Mvd> the largest Dutch Computer Club, so no mystery.
Mvd> How is this in other parts of the world? Are they nearly all IPv4 only or
Mvd> has IPv6 found its way into (semi) public WiFi networks there?
Normally I dont use public wifis anymore. I have unlimited 5G data in my phone in Finland, Skandinavia and the baltics as well as enough quota in the EU.
But as I am currently in Kemij�rvi Camping, I connected to the wifi here, and I got only ipv4 adress.
