Windows 10: Is It Safe to Disable IPv6 in Favour of IPv4

Discus and support Is It Safe to Disable IPv6 in Favour of IPv4 in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I just received a new modem/router, and I'm assuming because of the upgrade, my laptop and PC now run on IPv6, according to Event Viewer >... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by TheEop, Jan 5, 2024.

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    Is It Safe to Disable IPv6 in Favour of IPv4


    I just received a new modem/router, and I'm assuming because of the upgrade, my laptop and PC now run on IPv6, according to Event Viewer > NetworkProfileI understand IPv6 is technically better but it spawns a bunch of connections in Netstat, with similar addresses to the IPv6 address; however, they don't match, and are always connecting to Search, as well as asusns on either Port 443 or Port 80I'd like to put things back the way they were, so I went to Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings and went to Properties of both the Wifi and Ethernet to uncheck "

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Is It Safe to Disable IPv6 in Favour of IPv4

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