IPv6 not supported by Netgear router. How important is this?

[ms10]

I've just bought and installed the not cheap Netgear Orbi RBK852 mesh.  It has replaced the Smart Hub 2 as my router.

Speeds are great (at least 300Mbs over the wireless backhaul).  However, I've noticed across the forums that Netgear routers don't support BT's implementation of IPv6 (IPv6-PD, apparently).  Also, if I now ping a web address it is resolved as an IPv4 address, rather than an IPv6 address as it was before.

Just how important is this?  

I've raised a ticket with Netgear, for all the good that will do.  And I guess I could restore the Hub as my router and run the Orbis in AP mode, but that seems to be over-complicating my setup, which I suspect can only lead to other "issues".

Thanks

Mark

[licquorice]

At the moment, there are very few IPv6 only sites so not that important. This will change over time as more and more sites become IPv6 only.

It is Bt's /56 PD implementation that isn't supported.

[ms10]

I raised this as a ticket with Netgear and received this response:

Please be informed that currently the RBR850 does not yet supports IPv6-PD. However, it supports IPv6. The appropriate department is still in the process of enhancing NETGEAR products to be more convenient for our customers. The IPv6-PD feature will be added soon on the RBR850 device. Rest assured that you will be notified once there will be an update.

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[licquorice]

I guess you can always use 6 over 4 tunneling if it doesn't support native IPv6 anyway.