Re: [LUG] D-link modem router problem

[John Daragon <john@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Martin White wrote:
> I noticed IPV6 creeping in under SUSE 9.3 too, but i have to say for me that 
> so far it hasn't caused me an issue so i've just left it as it was when 
> installed. I route through a DLink router too oddly enough, but that could 
> easily be a red herring :)

I've seen problems that *sound* like this with Mandrake on networks 
using NetGear and DrayTek (that's my one...) routers. I *think* it's 
because 2.6.x kernel based distros tend to come with IPv6 enabled, and 
each DNS resolution call is attempted via IPv6 until timeout and then 
IPv4.  Most users don't realise how many DNS resolutions are involved in 
the average web page download, nor how caching is implemented in various
utilities (like browsers), so it's easy for them to assume the problem 
isn't IP-based.

Of course, this problem may well not be IPv6 based at all. It has been 
known for me to be wrong before :-)

jd

> > - disable ipv6 (for some reason)
> >
> > I'll second that (even if you're not using AOL).  Later distros, for
> > some reason that is *completely* beyond me, come with IPv6 enabled as
> > default. This causes grief that may appear either to be random or (as
> > you might have observed) that appears to follow a spurious pattern.
> >
> > Insertion of "alias net-pf-10 off" into /etc/modprobe.conf may well fix
> > things.

Whoops !  You'll need to reboot, too.

jd

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