Subj : ipv6 live testing ?
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Fri Mar 26 2021 17:57:02


26 Mar 21 13:28, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tommi Koivula:

 MV>>> So you first made an IPv4 connect and then manually entered an
 MV>>> override to use fido6.vlist.eu instead of fido.vlist.eu?

 TK>> Exactly.

 MV> Two questions:

 MV> 1) Where does the fido6.vlist.eu come from? It exists in the DNS but it is only for local use
 MV> and not advertised in the nodelist. It is not advertised anywhere AFAIK. Maybe I mentioned it
 MV> somewhere and forgot? Or maybe you just happened to make the right guess?

From my memory... Or imagination... I think you have announced it once in some testings in the past? If not, a good guess. :D

 TK>> That happens because Radius resolves the hostname and uses the ipv4
 TK>> address, even when connecting via proxy.

 MV> 2) So this manual override works only for my node and to connect to another node you have to
 MV> make another override? IOW manually enter a new line in the config for each node that is to be
 MV> connected via IPv6?

Pretty much so when the node has also IPv4 address. But using an ipv6-capable proxy with Radius makes it possible to connect IPv6-only nodes too. :)

'Tommi

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