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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

AWS Network Load Balancer Gets Smart IPv6/IPv4 Routing

AWS just dropped listener rules for Network Load Balancer, and it's a game-changer for dual-stack setups. Now you can route IPv6 traffic to IPv6 targets and IPv4 to IPv4 targets from a single NLB without losing the original client IP—no protocol translation shenanigans needed. Say goodbye to running two separate load balancers or DNS juggling; listener rules handle Layer 3 conditional routing like a boss. Available now across all AWS regions at no extra cost.