Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:28:59 +1100 From: Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org> To: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@yandex.ru>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0 - slow/unstable Internet access via Linux router Message-ID: <200803040328.m243SxwX079379@drugs.dv.isc.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:42:33 -0300." <200803032342.34139.joao@matik.com.br>
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> On Monday 03 March 2008 19:07:38 Mark Andrews wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 02:30:01PM +0300, Dmitry Antipov wrote: > > > > Is it required to have 'options INET6' even if I'm not using any IPv6 > > > > connectivity ? > > > > > > No, not unless you rely on SCTP, which at this time *does* require > > > INET6. If you remove INET6, you must also remove SCTP. > > > > > > Be aware that if you remove INET6, ntpd (if used) will complain about > > > missing transport protocol capability for tcp6 and udp6. It's a > > > harmless warning, and won't impact functionality of ntpd. There is an > > > open PR for this problem: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dbin/78728 > > > > > > > Also I have occasional 'mskc0: Uncorrectable PCI Express error' > > > > messages, which is a known > > > > (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dkern/119613) problem... > > > > > > Can't help you with this, but I bet Pyun YongHyeon can. :-) > > > > I really don't understand this wish people have to turn off > > IPv6. The world is running out of IPv4 addresses. IPv6 > > will be required within a year or two. Now is the time to > > easy, you do not need ipv6 when you are on an ipv4 network > > > make sure every piece of software you use that requires IP > > connectivity supports IPv6. In 2-3 years time it will be > > too late as you won't have the option to fall back to IPv4. What does turning off IPv6 get you other than a few less bytes of code? > > IPv6 connectivity is available to everyone today if they > > wish it. You don't have to wait for you ISP to supply it. > > well, that might not be exactly true, what do you want (and why should you) > > with an ipv6 address/service on your computer when you are on an ipv4 > network??? The ability to actually *test* that a application that you use will work over IPv6. This is something that everybody that uses a networked application should be doing. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org
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