Subj : Feature request: soft IPv6 force
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Janne Johansson
Date : Wed Feb 01 2017 16:44:06

On 2017-02-01 01:39, Michiel van der Vlist : Tony Langdon wrote:
>
> *** Answering a msg posted in area BINKD (Binkd mailer).
>
> Hello Tony,
>
> On Wednesday February 01 2017 09:34, you wrote to me:
>
>  MvV>> -64   Binkd ignores the OS preference and tries to first make an
>  MvV>>       IPv6 connect. If that fails, it tries an IPv4 connect.
> [..]
>  TL> That could be useful in some scenarios.  In my case, my IPv6
>  TL> connectivity (native) is better than IPv4 (tunneled), so it's better
>  TL> for me to try IPv6 first in most cases, then fall back to IPv4 if
>  TL> necessary.
>
> Native IPv6 and IPv4 via a tunnel is the opposite of what many of us
> have. Quite exceptional. For now. It may not be so exceptional in the
> future.
>
> But is IPv6 not the default on your system? Is is different from my
> situation (Windows, native dual stack) where IPv6 is the default
> connectiom method, except when the destination has a 6to4 IPv6 address?
> (2002::/16)

I wonder if "default connection method" might be "default resolving
method" on some OSes, if given a hostname. There is a difference in
which protocol OSes will try first if given both v4 and v6, so having a
button to make binkd make a specific choice might be a good idea.

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