FAQ

How does IP6Check.com work?

IP6Check.com works by checking for an "AAAA" DNS record on the host server DNS entry. "AAAA" records point the domain to an IPv6 address, therefore if this address does not exist the domain is not IPv6 ready. Once an AAAA record has been found we attempt to ping the website to verify if there is actually anything hosted there. Once both these tests have been passed the domain is certified IPv6 ready!

I want to check a domain, but I don't want you to tweet about it.

Everytime a domain is found to be IPv6 ready we tweet it to our twitter account (@IP6Check). If you don't want us to tweet your domain just add the variable "&tweet=false" to the end of search URL. For example http://ip6check.com/?url=google.com&tweet=false will not be tweeted.
We have temporarily disabled tweeting of IPv6 ready domains.

I enabled IPv6 for my website but you still say it's not enabled.

All requests are cached for 5mins to reduce the load on the server. Try again in a while and your result will be updated.

Doesn't this site look a lot like downforeveryoneorjustforme.com?

Yes it does! This site was inspired by downforeveryoneorjustforme.com. You can look at their open source code at GitHub.

Can I have a look at the source code?

We hope to open source the code at some stage. if you really want to see it now contact us at diarmuid.ie/contact.

I think I've found a bug, who should I tell?

Great Scott! Let us know immediately at diarmuid.ie/contact. The following are known limitations which we are working on:
1. IDN's not supported.
2. Domain names are not validated. Now they are!
3. www.example.com and example.com are treated as two separate domains (Not really a limitation).