https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485406 Summary: Disable IPv6 by default Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Alpha 0 Platform: x86 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: rastislav.krupansky@gmail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Opera/9.63 (Windows NT 5.1; U; sk) Presto/2.1.1 Hi. I´ve read the article on linux com - http://www.linux.com/feature/139214 and especially the article "Networking: IPv6 support", seems to be quite interesting. Quote: "Version 4 of the Internet Protocol (the layer that connects software to the Internet) is in the process of being superseded by version 6. By default, Ubuntu supports the new version, but many Internet service providers have not switched over yet. When IPv6 support has not been implemented properly by an ISP or by a broadband router, an Ubuntu user can experience slow access or even a total lack of access to the Internet.

From reading the forums it seems that Ubuntu may have defaulted to IPv6 support too early. IPv4 support can be re-enabled, but it involves editing configuration files. If Canonical has decided to be ahead of the curve, it should make it easier for people to switch back to IPv4."

This could also affect new users of openSUSE. Many users needn´t know (where via YaST) they can enable/disable IPv6. Have you thought, that openSUSE comes with disable IPV6 by default, till ISP switches to the version 6? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Disable IPv6 by default 2. 3. Actual Results: Web browsing seemes slow Expected Results: Speed up web browsing, till all ISP switches to the version 6? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.