Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 14:36:20 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INET6 in world Message-ID: <20030808133620.GA30840@buffy.brucec.backnet> In-Reply-To: <3F33830A.2080608@tcoip.com.br> References: <3F2D1713.9060806@liwing.de> <20030803181735.GC6331@cicely12.cicely.de> <3F2EA5AD.E4C73C6@mindspring.com> <20030804184248.GA41334@crodrigues.org> <3F2F8A5F.A17CABCA@mindspring.com> <3F324AFF.1070104@tcoip.com.br> <3F3353D6.183AE6C8@mindspring.com> <3F33830A.2080608@tcoip.com.br>
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On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 08:01:30AM -0300, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > > >1) Machines do not ship with it enabled by default; a > > Windows user has about as much probability of doing > > the necessary work to enable it as they do of making > > something other than Internet Explorer their default > > browser. > > > >2) You have to go to a command line prompt and issue a > > cryptic command to enable it at all. > > Err, not at all. You go to install/remove additional windows components > (I do not recall the exact phrasing) and select IPv6. > > >3) When you enable it, you get a huge scare warning about > > it being experimental. > > I didn't. :-) And the bastard stopped doing A queries. :-) That'll be because, according to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/administration/ipv6/default.asp there's no support in Windows XP's IPv6 stack for DNS. -- Bruce Cran
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