From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 20 05:44:45 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14F6016A408 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:44:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from entwistle.sonicboom.org (entwistle.sonicboom.org [66.93.34.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0C5713C45E for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:44:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (p3.sonicboom.org [66.93.34.235]) by entwistle.sonicboom.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0K5igKd021401; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:44:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Message-ID: <45B1AC49.7080104@sonicboom.org> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:44:41 -0800 From: Brian User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: RW References: <45AC719A.1020809@bobmc.net> <008401c73adc$aab2a900$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <20070118154349.587b2673@gumby.homeunix.com> <010601c73b99$78bd1080$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <20070119144428.7a0ef242@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20070119144428.7a0ef242@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:44:45 -0000 RW wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:14:33 -0800 > "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote: > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "RW" >> To: >> 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" 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