Re: disable IPV6?

[Randy Schrickel <randysch comcast net>]

Daniel Roesen wrote:

> Not really. There seems to be a certain pattern that always the first
> query to a certain name server may time out. Are you sure that the
> v6 default route _really_ makes a difference, or is that just
> coincidence? Can you reproduce results by re-adding the default etc?

I can try re-adding the default.

> I seriously have not the slightest clue why v6 should make ANY
> difference, given that all I'm ssing from these outputs is pure
> IPv4 stuff. And it's not some antipathy of your ISP's DNS cache against
> AAAA RRs as (if I'm not mistaken) even A RR requests timed out.

Me either. This is my first experience with v6. It just showed up as the 
only noticeable difference, and taking it out fixed the problem.

> Can you try installing a local BIND as local cache and use 127.0.0.1
> as resolver in /etc/resolv.conf, and try that?

Haven't done that before, but I can give it a try.

randy