Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:28:46 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: curious DNS behavior on a 7.0... Message-ID: <20071102092846.cuy1vb3pwsgokog8@webmail.dfwlp.org> In-Reply-To: <472AB52B.6070102@ibctech.ca> References: <200711012041.13641.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <20071102150149.10be61d2@meijome.net> <472AB52B.6070102@ibctech.ca>
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Quoting Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca>: > CONCLUSION: > > If the last poster is right and it's only the browser is failing because > it uses it's own faulty internal DNS resolver, then this is obviously a > serious hindrance to the implementation of IPv6. so a browser behavior, and not an operating system or name server =20 behavior? as far as i know, my name servers dont know how to speak =20 ipv6 either, as they are 6.2p8's without INET6 in their kernel =20 configs. so, my browser of choice is opera, but admittedly, i dont =20 recall ever seeing a setting i can change concerning this behavior. =20 how then, would one go about elminating ipv6 behavior from a browser? > Of course most 'users' > aren't on the 'Internet' if their MSN page doesn't display, and will > take the path of least cost to make it work ;) not sure if that was intended for me or not... if so, my retort is "if =20 i wanted path of least cost (in terms of time and trouble)... i would =20 have just got on my ibook which 'just works'" (har har :) *shrug* =20 all i know is that my other systems that have no ipv6 at all, arent =20 able to produce such behavior. cheers, --=20 Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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