Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:52:18 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: thomas@gibfest.dk Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 9.0-beta3 preferring ipv4 over ipv6 with ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" Message-ID: <20111014.095218.1603335403119728346.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4E9766C0.1020409@gibfest.dk> References: <4E9766C0.1020409@gibfest.dk>
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----Security_Multipart(Fri_Oct_14_09_52_18_2011_331)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thomas Steen Rasmussen <thomas@gibfest.dk> wrote in <4E9766C0.1020409@gibfest.dk>: th> Hello list, th> th> I just upgraded my home workstation to 9.0-beta3 amd64. It seems th> like my web browsers are preferring ipv4 over ipv6 after the upgrade, th> I tested Firefox and Opera. After digging into rc.conf(5) I found this bit: th> th> If ``AUTO'' is specified, it attempts to read a file th> /etc/ip6addrctl.conf first. If this file is found, th> ip6addrctl(8) reads and installs it. If not found, a policy th> is automatically set according to th> ipv6_activate_all_interfaces variable; if the variable is set th> to ``YES'' the IPv6-preferred one is used. Otherwise th> IPv4-preferred. th> th> The default value of ip6addrctl_enable and ip6addrctl_policy th> are ``YES'' and ``AUTO'', respectively. th> th> I already have ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" in /etc/rc.conf th> so ip6addrctl_policy _should_ be "ip6addrctl_policy" if I am reading th> this correctly. But my browsers still prefer ipv4. Is this a bug, or th> do the manpage need updating ? Can you please send me the results of the following commands: % ifconfig % grep ^ipv6 /etc/rc.conf % grep ipv6= /etc/rc.conf % ip6addrctl show # /bin/sh -x /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl start -- Hiroki ----Security_Multipart(Fri_Oct_14_09_52_18_2011_331)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAk6Xh8IACgkQTyzT2CeTzy3aBwCgh164LhJSaqPhNt82JIieqxnB ikwAnjAwGE/ge554O4hM1sNZGcv0F4Tk =OVI2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Fri_Oct_14_09_52_18_2011_331)----
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