I’ve been fighting this since i got my computer online. Tonight I finally stumbled into the settings and turned off “search for IPV6”. Instant turbo boost to my net connection!
On 12/03/2011 01:36 AM, carnuck wrote:
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> I’ve been fighting this since i got my computer online. Tonight I
> finally stumbled into the settings and turned off “search for IPV6”.
> Instant turbo boost to my net connection!
It is a bug with your ISP. They are likely returning an AAA+ record that makes
your machine think they support IPv6, but when you place a DNS request, they
time-out the request. Try reenablind IPv6 and change /etc/resolv.conf to contain
the lines
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
Those 2 are public name servers operated by Google, and they do respond
correctly to IPv6 requests.
The problem with disabling IPv6 is that there will be parts of the Internet that
are not accessible as they do not have an IPv4 address. In addition, the numbers
of IPv6-only addresses increase daily.
On 2011-12-03 20:06, Larry Finger wrote:
> The problem with disabling IPv6 is that there will be parts of the Internet
> that are not accessible as they do not have an IPv4 address. In addition,
> the numbers of IPv6-only addresses increase daily.
No problem at all if /I/ disable IPv6, as most providers do not provide IPv6.
Or to say it otherwise, even if I enable IPv6 I do not have access to IPv6.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
So that’s what I forgot to set when I had to buy a new router. Thanks a lot, Larry.