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: Wed, 21 May 2025 14:45:29 +0200 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <100hcra$3nsq7$1@news1.tnib.de> <100hijb$25ta5$5@dont-email.me> <100hl34$3of0i$1@news1.tnib.de> <100i89e$19k3$1@news1.tnib.de> <100i92h$2a8rb$3@dont-email.me> <100ieve$1o3d$1@news1.tnib.de> <100irbu$2j9c$1@news1.tnib.de> <100jqfp$4o04$1@news1.tnib.de> <100k1v0$2o6n2$1@dont-email.me> <100kcnb$649q$1@news1.tnib.de> <20250521143007.104f7592@rlcp-nb-5642.prosis.group> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net mr02Z16m8O107cTFlU+PbA/dSqBwfHXWyD7DP0BPAQIRtAkP8A Cancel-Lock: sha1:TuvpmKWuDZaHxvx3AZT2Nejfv5g= sha256:60jW3JsJMXThDFY6H/t1RwHZLjB+th2LS4tTGTPEGUQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: <20250521143007.104f7592@rlcp-nb-5642.prosis.group> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:67631 On 2025-05-21 14:30, Marco Moock wrote: > On 21.05.2025 14:00 Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> It just is a perceived fact. On some machines, if an application gets >> back from the system a list of addresses to try, and tries IPv6 first >> when there is no actual IPv6 internet connectivity, there is a small >> delay waiting for the request to fail, and then try the next address >> in the list. > > This is a bug in the application. This also applies vice-versa if no > IPv4 connectivity exists (already does by default in certain cellular > networks) and the application tries that. > >> It doesn't happen to me currently, so asking me to provide >> information is pointless. But it has happened to me in the past. And >> I know because the software complained of no route or something. > > Which is the expected result for that. If that happens again, > investigate and file a bug report for the application. We investigated, and was told to adjust gai.conf. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.