Take the 2-minute tour ×  Looking to upgrade my Fast Ethernet
home network switch to a Gigabit Ethernet switch. Figured I
should make sure that the new device supports IPV6, but in
looking at the specs of a few switches, I could not find any
references to IPV6. I found such info conspicuous when looking
at the specs for routers and cable modems, and was surprised it
wasn't the same for switches. Do switches just handle IPV6
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14 down vote accepted  Switches are layer 2 devices, and neither
know nor care about what's going on with IP (V4 or V6) and TCP
at layers 3 and 4. They just move Ethernet packets around.
share|improve this answer Assuming a unmanaged switch of course.
–  Steven Feb 24 '11 at 16:11  Your Answer