On 24/01/13 14:59, James Knott wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
I'm curious as to why some people have problems with IPv6 turned on. Because some ISPs have their equipment incorrectly configured.
If they only provide IPv4, why is that an issue? If there's no IPv6 route out of a computer or local network, then it shouldn't affect IPv4. Does BW have IPv6 available? Every computer with a modern OS should have, at least, link local IPv6. In fact, Windows 7 uses it exclusively for the "Home Group" peer to peer networking. A computer shouldn't try to use IPv6 unless it's available for reaching the destination and the DNS returns AAAA records. Even then, once a TCP connection is established, IPv6 should not even be a factor.
James, I acknowledge your expertise in this area, about which I know next to nothing. However, I can report that with IPv6 enabled it takes Yast > Software Management several minutes to download and rebuild the repo caches. With IPv6 disabled, the same process takes a few seconds. I don't know where the bottleneck lies, YaST's configuration?, the openSUSE repository servers?, the aether? Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.4.11-2.16-desktop Distro: openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.9.5 "release 3" Uptime: 06:00am up 8:55, 3 users, load average: 0.11, 0.13, 0.13 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org