Subj : Scott's IPv6 experiment
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Wed May 14 2014 14:22:10

Hello Kees,

On Wednesday May 14 2014 12:27, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

 KE>  There are some systems where a preference for IPv4 is forced. Maybe
 KE> Michiel can elaborate on that. With those systems you have to force
 KE> Binkd to IPv6 by adding -6 as an option to the "Node" line.

Indeed. This is what was written in an earlier message:

 SL>> ATM I'm using 6to4,

 MvdV> 6to4, Arghhh, that explains a few things.

 SL>> which for some reason my ISP managed to partially break

 MvdV> You can blame your ISP for choosing 6to4 as their official method
 MvdV> for IP46, you can not blame them for breaking it. 6to4 is broken all
 MvdV> by itself! Hunt the net for "problems wit 6to4" and you wil get lots
 MvdV> of articles.

 MvdV> The brokennes of 6to4 is the main reason why most OS's/applications
 MvdV> first try IPv4 instead of IPv6. Windows normally tries IPv6 first,
 MvdV> but if the destination is a 6to4 tunnel, it only tries IPv6 if Ipv4
 MvdV> fails.

So indeed, one must add the -6 option to Scott's node line.


Cheers, Michiel

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