Isn't IPv6 a feature of the Linux networking stack? Shouldn't everything that runs Linux be IPv6 capable? Or is there some IPv6 stuff implemented in hardware here?
Many embedded devices compile out IPv6 to save flash and RAM.
The author writing this article picked up something nonsensical - the entire second half suggested they knew little to nothing about the IPv6 protocol, and this devices implications for such, including statements like, " formally launched in June 2012. "