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coolwifi
Jan 02, 2026Luminary
RS500 router - Internet feels much faster with IPV6 disabled?
Any insights why my internet and general browsing feels much faster with IPv6 disabled in the router. My ISP is Xfinity and it provides native Ipv6 support with DHCPv6-PD. The same has been my observ...
- Jan 05, 2026
Speed tests would have variance at different times, I feel that the web pages load a bit faster and pings are slightly faster with ipv6 disabled, although the difference in performance is not huge.
coolwifi
Jan 04, 2026Luminary
Thanks, do the web pages seem to load a bit faster with ipv6 disabled? Also the latency has improved a bit. The YouTube videos in my Google TV streamer also load much faster.
LaddieParker
Jan 05, 2026Guide
To be honest I don't notice any difference at all. The difference between 935 Mbps and 950 Mbps is negligible.