Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 13:04:10 +0200 Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <100c46e$3c1el$1@news1.tnib.de> <100hcra$3nsq7$1@news1.tnib.de> <100hijb$25ta5$5@dont-email.me> <100hl34$3of0i$1@news1.tnib.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 9M5hLK5Yj10NLgHbzwoZ+A0EWnYAzmhu42tM2ypJUBCM3DcSla Cancel-Lock: sha1:H26xtNrciyOIpATGxdnPR1fcWSA= sha256:fCHrsO/zkAlqVWSKse6IOCTJpnJxDpgKKmScOnOLdUk= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: <100hl34$3of0i$1@news1.tnib.de> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:67600 On 2025-05-20 12:21, Marc Haber wrote: > The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 20/05/2025 09:00, Marc Haber wrote: >>> vallor wrote: >>>> On Sun, 18 May 2025 10:02:22 +0200, Marc Haber >>>> wrote in <100c46e$3c1el$1@news1.tnib.de>: >>>>>> As for IPV6 ... my ISP doesn't use it. NO use at all - so I disable >>>>>> it to prevent problems. >>>>> >>>>> That's a really stupid idea. >>>> >>>> I suggest he enable it from time to time to see if the ISP >>>> has got it working. >>> >>> I suggest not disabling it in in the first place. It doesn't hurt when >>> it's unused and unconfigured. >>> >> Oh but it does, when you get ipV6 addresses returned by DNS and you cant >> reach them... > > And where is the problem with that? You don't understand. You want to access gmail, for instance. The address resolves to some IPv6 and some IPv4 addresses, and your computer tries to connect on the IPv6 addresses. The application shows an error: address unreachable. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.