Hi, On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 08:14:21AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I date from era of CPUs with 12AX7s powered via 5U4GBs with attached KSR33. > I bump up against my 2GB/mo bandwidth allowance maybe 3 times a year ;} > > How would I check?
If you type "ip address show" (can be abbreviated to "ip a" and see any line with "inet6" (not "inet") giving an address with "scope global" (not "scope link" nor "scope host" then you are using it. (You could still be using it locally over localhost or private addresses but this is splitting hairs.) > For such as I, is there a relevant distinction between IPv4 and IPv6 except > address space? You have described your network configuration before and I seem to recall it is somewhat unconventional for the 21st century. If what you have works then I don't think you need to spend any time wondering about IPv6 unless you specifically want to. You may even be using IPv6 on your end without knowing. If you do want to learn about it then even if your current provider doesn't offer it, you can use it through a free tunnel, but it isn't going to provide much except a learning experience. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
