Subj : Re^3: Problem ipv6 vs ipv4
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Fri Jun 24 2022 15:07:50

Hi Tommi,

On 2022-06-24 15:40:56, you wrote to me:

 WvV>>>> What WP should do is if a hostname resolves to multiple IP's (IPv6
 WvV>>>> or IPv4), try them all in the order the OS presents them, until
 WvV>>>> one
 WvV>>>> succeeds.
 TS>>> That was my understanding and as I said, its on the list but not with
 TS>>> high priority.
 WV>> Maybe you should up the priority, because already 1 user experienced
 WV>> this as a problem, when he couldn't connect to his boss, because of
 WV>> this behaviour. ;)

 TK> Actually the boss was behaving badly. Winpoint tried to connect but the
 TK> server did not answer. :D

Only on IPv6. If WP had also tried the IPv4 address resolved from the same host name, it would have succeeded...

Bye, Wilfred.

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