Carlos E. R. wrote:
El 2016-09-10 a las 13:39 +0200, Per Jessen escribió:
I have never disabled IPv6 when installing or later. In my opinion, any problems are due to misunderstandings or a poorly configured network. I think Carlos had an example of the latter. (his providers problem, not his). I think James and Koenraad have both highlighted the issue in getting a Linux box to propagate an ipv6 prefix handed out by the provider. These are corner-cases though, they're not typical issues.
Right, my provider does not offer IPv6 to normal clients. Yes, perhaps I could get a tunnel of something from a third party, but I do not see fair doing my 300mbps through that. Lastly I have a problem with a WiFi point and the main router conflicting on who handles loacal IPv6 addresses, but I haven't bothered yet because there is none to handle.
I thought you also had a problem where your provider did give you IPv6, but it didn't work?
The main problem I think people have that forces them to disable IPv6 on their installs is "slow network", or failed connections. I think the DNS tells them of a site address as an IPv6, and of course, they can not connect.
Unless they have an IPv6 route, the resolver will give preference to IPv4. I don't know how that works, but unless the resolver does that, everyone trying to access "google.com" (or any other dual-stack site) would have a problem 50% of the time.
Instead, I configured somewhere (I forgot the file name) to say give IPv4 preference. Ah, /etc/gai.conf.
Yes, but it isn't necessary.
A better one would be to convince the name solver to ignore all IPv6 answers.
ISTR you bringing this up last time too, but it really cannot be a problem. Wasn't this because you actually had an IPv6 route, but no connectivity? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (24.2°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org