# Possible to use IPv6 address instead of domain name? **URL:** \ **Category:** FAQ\ **Created:** [May 20, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/possible-to-use-ipv6-address-instead-of-domain-name/26280 "2024-05-20T18:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 46
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/possible-to-use-ipv6-address-instead-of-domain-name/26280/46 "2024-05-24T08:01:25Z")
It’s actually more expensive especially when the transit providers are in conflict with each other (I believe the money is a root cause), so you need to serve some proxy servers to convert IPv6 to IPv4 and vice versa. These servers will inevitable will be a point of failure and the bottleneck for the high amount of traffic. The alternative is to disable the IPv6 routing on those segments. Too much troubles for nothing. > [@Ambifacient](#): > > Plus I wonder how would they implement the /24 rule for v4 to v6. Access to cheap IPs + a large abundance of them would allow them to ingest tons of ingress. When we have had a Community Satellite Stefan, the rule was: > [@IPV6 data distribution between multiple nodes](https://forum.storj.io/t/ipv6-data-distribution-between-multiple-nodes/6764/2): > > IPv6 addresses are divided into /64 subnets. > [@IPv6 does not work?](https://forum.storj.io/t/ipv6-does-not-work/2267/52): > > Hello Adavan, IPv6 is still not supported by the satellites due to more than just google/GCE not supporting it. We are having it on our radar. I am myself testing it already on the QA network with my testnet satellite: For now, nodes are only working with IPv4 public address attached to it on the public, production network. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.storj.io/t/possible-to-use-ipv6-address-instead-of-domain-name/26280)._