Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:44:41 -0800 From: Brian <bri@sonicboom.org> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet Message-ID: <45B1AC49.7080104@sonicboom.org> In-Reply-To: <20070119144428.7a0ef242@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <45AC719A.1020809@bobmc.net> <008401c73adc$aab2a900$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <20070118154349.587b2673@gumby.homeunix.com> <010601c73b99$78bd1080$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <20070119144428.7a0ef242@gumby.homeunix.com>
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RW wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:14:33 -0800 > "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "RW" <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> >> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:43 AM >> Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet >> >> >>> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:43:02 -0800 >>> "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: >>> >>> The OP said that there was no problem with linux and windows, and >>> that's consistent with what I saw on my d-link ADSL router. >>> Presumably FreeBSD is doing something slightly different. >>> >> Yes, it is, it's making IPv6 DNS queries. >> > > In my case, compiling-out IPv6 support from the kernel was the first > thing I tried, and it didn't make much difference. The DNS proxy worked > properly with Windows, but not FreeBSD. > > >>> These problems is particularly acute in countries where PPPoA is the >>> norm. >>> > > >> And the other thing is that just about all the DSL setups I've seen in >> bridging mode do the PPPoE/PPPoA conversion automagically. >> > > There's a history of PPPoE in the US, so people expect to have > it, even over ATM. In the UK BT turned-on "PPPoEoA" a few years ago, but > didn't really tell anyone, BT resellers generally don't provide much > support for it. LLU operators haven't bothered, because there's no real > demand. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Careful if you say no to IPv6 in make.conf, my sendmail server wouldnt start after I did that until I commented out the IPv6 stuff from sendmail.cf. Bri
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