On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote: > * On 2011 02 Mar 23:40 -0600, Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:47 PM, elbbit <elb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On 03/03/11 03:18, T o n g wrote: >> >> >> >> So, how to do IPV6 DNS query? >> > >> > host -6 <hostname> >> >> "host -6" (and "dig -6") use ipv6 to make the query but don't run an >> ipv6 query (unless they do an aaaa query by default along the a query, >> but not sure about this). > > I'm running DNSmasq as an IPv4 caching DNS on my OpenWRT router for my > LAN and the -6 switch fails. Meanwhile, not using the -6 switch does > resolve IPv6 host names. I guess I need to figure out how to teach > DNSmasq to be an IPv6 DNS cache for my LAN as well.
I think that you've misunderstood what I said. The "-6" is to force the query to use ipv6 networking so, if your network isn't ipv6-enabled, the query will fail. You can use ipv4 networking to query a server for an ipv6 address. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTimTxF=x+pb8aphwgdkq6s6j2szr698xrqvmk...@mail.gmail.com
