wget prefers IPv4 address over IPv6 one

[John Summerfield]

Dawid Gajownik wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>     Does anyone know why wget prefers IPv4 address over IPv6 one?

Perhaps:
08:03 [summer at numbat ~]$ telnet 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140 21
Trying 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140...
telnet: connect to address 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140: Network is 
unreachable
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable

perhaps because it is less likely to work?

Here's another client:
08:07 [summer at numbat ~]$ lftp -d 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140
lftp 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140:~> dir
---- Connecting to 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140 
(2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140) port 21
connect(control_sock): Network is unreachable
---- Closing control socket
---- Connecting to 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140 
(2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140) port 21
connect(control_sock): Network is unreachable
---- Closing control socket
---- Connecting to 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140 
(2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140) port 21
connect(control_sock): Network is unreachable
---- Closing control socket
`ls' at 0 [Delaying before reconnect: 58]

> 
> [gajownik at cyklop tmp]$ LANG=C wget 
> ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-8-i386-rescuecd.iso 
> 
> --14:34:30-- 
> ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-8-i386-rescuecd.iso 
> 
>            => `Fedora-8-i386-rescuecd.iso'
> Resolving ftp.heanet.ie... 193.1.193.64, 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140
> Connecting to ftp.heanet.ie|193.1.193.64|:21... connected.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> What do you think about adding to the default /etc/wgetrc file this 
> statement:
> 
> prefer-family = IPv6
> 

Not much, but feel free to try it.

> Regards,
>     Dawid
> 


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