Well-hidden yum feature in fc17
Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
bobgoodwin at wildblue.net
Fri Jun 29 08:51:55 UTC 2012
On 06/29/2012 12:52 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 18:03 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> It looks as if yum chooses IPv6 sources when available, over IPv4. Who
>> knew?
> There will be a few things that prefer it, because it's supposed to be
> better... ;-) and it's the replacement for IPv4 ("replacement" not
> "fallback").
>
> When trying to make a connection, the first thing tried is an IPv6
> connection. If that fails, then an IPv4 connection is attempted. For
> systems without working IPv6 (wholly or partially, e.g. an IPv6 LAN but
> IPv4 internet), it means a delay to everything you do.
>
Network Manager Edit shows my IPV6 settings as "blank." Am I
suffering this IPV6 delay? Perhaps I should remove Network Manager
from my fixed computers?
This is F17/64 bit.
Bob
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