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IPv6 and VoIP

Verify address-family compatibility in signaling, media and firewall policy.

Reviewed 2026-09-07Foundational

Dual-stack is not a compatibility guarantee

A phone may resolve IPv4 and IPv6 destinations while the PBX, carrier or network supports only certain combinations. Identify the address family actually selected for signaling and the media addresses negotiated in SDP.

Inspect separate call legs

A PBX can terminate one leg and originate another with different capabilities. Successful signaling over one family does not prove the media path uses it or can reach the peer. Compare both sides of the intermediary.

Apply policy consistently

IPv4 firewall rules do not automatically govern IPv6 traffic. Review every enabled management, signaling and media listener. The absence of traditional NAT is neither a security guarantee nor a reason to expose all services.

Validate the supported topology

Test registration, calls in both directions, sound and recovery using the intended DNS records. Where interoperability is incomplete, choose a documented supported path rather than leaving partial dual-stack behavior unexplained. Record firmware and PBX version applicability with the result.

Sources & applicability

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