Path: ...!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 18:31:21 +0200 Lines: 34 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> <20250521171610.5da26305@ryz.dorfdsl.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net fHz/8kAq3kN8cMQ5a6EkmAZdnUeeB+TcV5enkIvPk590ZKeKTZ Cancel-Lock: sha1:vzzmH4RR/AZ7X+R0Tijljf76BPs= sha256:X1kkSp2FFM+13xJ/DCqef1xt2vd6jZ6EwqdZTih1sEM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: <20250521171610.5da26305@ryz.dorfdsl.de> Bytes: 2754 On 2025-05-21 17:16, Marco Moock wrote: > On 21.05.2025 14:45 Uhr Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> 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. > > Then there is a general problem - either on your system or in the > application if it occurs only there. Well, it happened to several people and with several apps. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.