On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:32:28 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > > But harmless. The severe delays you noticed were the result of a > > broken modem/router failing to recognise that IPv6 was not available > > and trying to use it anyway. The usual fix for such a problem is a > > firmware update. > > It's more complex than that. How is the IPV6-enabled browser or media
It's not the browser, its the resolver, the delays are caused by excessively long DNS lookups. > player supposed to know that my modem doesn't support IPV6 The modem tells it and the resolver falls back to IPv4. The problem occurs when the modem doesn't know that it doesn't support IPv6 (or even what IPv6 is, which is why a firmware update usually fixes it) so the resolver doesn't try IPv4 until the IPv6 request times out. Using 21st Century software with 20th Century hardware is asking for such problems :( -- Neil Bothwick I am McCoy of Bo...Damnit! I'm a doctor, not a collective!
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