Hello everyone! I'm not exactly sure this "user-type" of question belongs here, but since this list is about using IPv6 on Debian, I thought it should fit well enough. :-)
Some time ago, on my Debian installation the default behaviour of many networking applications (like telnet, ssh and konqueror) changed from using IPv6 to using IPv4 when connecting to some remote points. It took me a while to figure out that most likely those are all sites whose names do not resolve to a "real" IPv6 address but to "only" 6to4 addresses. Now, I'd like to have my Debian installation behave the old way again (preferring 6to4 over v4), at least for a certain range of 6to4 addresses. It took me another while to find out that "resolv.conf" won't help but that "gai.conf" should. But now I'm stuck: What exactly will I need to change/add/enter into "gai.conf" to get 6to4 re-prioritized over v4 addresses? I tried uncommenting all the "label" lines and reordering the "values" to ensure that "2002::/16" got a higher value than "::ffff:0:0/96"; and I tried uncommenting all the "precedence" lines and reordering the "values" (but "2002::/16" already had a higher value than "::ffff:0:0/96" anyway); but both changes did not show an effect, neither after an application restart nor after a reboot. Can someone shed some light on this for me? Many thanks in advance, Marcus -- Marcus C. Gottwald · <[email protected]> · https://cheers.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
