Re: [orca-list] OT, slow IP connection

["William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" <wacker octothorp org>]

Not CNN.  Like all of the other big players, they're doing their best to 
ignore IPv6.  Try: www.isc.org, or www.octothorp.org.  The first is better 
because they're directly connected.

          HTH.


--
Bill in Denver

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Janina Sajka wrote:

> By design IPv6 reverts to IPv4 when no IPv6 connection is available. It
> will not have any impact on the throughput of your connection. If your
> other net connections are performing more or less as expected, the
> culpirt is likely an overloaded, or otherwise encumbered server at the
> other end. The usual remedy is to force the use of a different server,
> but I cannot advise how that's done with apt.
>
> PS: IPv6 is the bomb, but I'd be surprised if you have it, because one
> usually has to intentionally jump through hoops to get it. What makes
> you think you're making an IPv6 connection? What happens when you do
> something like:
>
> ping6 cnn.com
>
> from a terminal?
>
> Janina
>
>
>
> Lenny Ervin writes:
> > Hi All,
> > I am running an update, and the connection is painfully slow, in my Ubuntu
> > 7.10.
> > I read on the web that it is the TCP-stack trying IPv6, when there is no IP6
> > connection available.
> > Question,
> > Will my update change this?
> > Thanks.
> > Glenn
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Orca-list mailing list
> > Orca-list gnome org
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca