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From: Tom Fifield <gummay@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop] python.org and ipv6
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 03:08:06
Message-Id: 4A0E2E0F.40600@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-desktop] python.org and ipv6 by Lindsay Haisley
1 I have encountered this problem before, however www.python.org works
2 fine on ipv6 for me. Many cases where things fail is because DNS
3 resolves the AAAA record, but the ISP/upstream providers don't have IPv6
4 connectivity to the site.
5
6 Can you post a traceroute -6 www.python.org ?
7
8 Regards,
9
10 Tom
11
12
13 gummay@gummay ~ $ traceroute -6 www.python.org
14 traceroute to www.python.org (2001:888:2000:d::a2), 30 hops max, 80 byte
15 packets
16 1 2001:44b8:62:120::1 (2001:44b8:62:120::1) 0.545 ms 0.534 ms 0.665 ms
17 2 2001:44b8:61::38 (2001:44b8:61::38) 41.691 ms 44.181 ms 45.319 ms
18 3 vl67.cor1.adl6.internode.on.net (2001:44b8:8060:8000::1) 46.238 ms
19 48.241 ms 49.140 ms
20 4 gi0-0.bdr1.adl6.internode.on.net (2001:44b8:8060:14::1) 50.099 ms * *
21 5 pos3-1.cor1.per1.internode.on.net (2001:44b8:8060:17::1) 85.518 ms
22 86.254 ms 87.498 ms
23 6 pos1-0.bdr1.sin1.internode.on.net (2001:44b8:f0c0:1::1) 136.581 ms
24 134.181 ms 136.971 ms
25 7 pos2-0.bdr1.hkg1.internode.on.net (2001:44b8:f0c0:2::1) 173.361 ms
26 146.103 ms 146.240 ms
27 8 2001:7fa:0:1::ca28:a116 (2001:7fa:0:1::ca28:a116) 150.657 ms
28 152.182 ms 153.212 ms
29 9 so-3-0-0-bcr1.tok.cw.net (2001:5000:0:12b::1) 229.245 ms 228.674
30 ms 230.268 ms
31 10 so-6-0-0-ecr1.sfo.cw.net (2001:5000:0:c2::1) 295.898 ms 297.402 ms
32 299.065 ms
33 11 so-4-2-0-dcr1.nyk.cw.net (2001:5000:0:2f::1) 362.469 ms 364.008 ms
34 338.077 ms
35 12 xe-0-0-0.xcr1.nyk.cw.net (2001:5000:0:112::1) 319.072 ms 318.671
36 ms xe-7-2-0.xcr1.nyk.cw.net (2001:5000:0:14b::2) 350.301 ms
37 13 xe-7-0-0.xcr1.lsw.cw.net (2001:5000:0:149::2) 426.384 ms 426.860
38 ms 425.766 ms
39 14 xe-11-2-0.xcr1.amd.cw.net (2001:5000:0:130::2) 436.763 ms
40 xe-11-1-0.xcr1.amd.cw.net (2001:5000:0:12f::2) 438.084 ms
41 xe-11-2-0.xcr1.amd.cw.net (2001:5000:0:130::2) 435.584 ms
42 15 xe-0-1-0.xcr1.amd.cw.net (2001:5000:0:11d::1) 427.150 ms
43 xe-0-2-0.xcr1.amd.cw.net (2001:5000:0:11e::1) 426.011 ms 403.879 ms
44 16 ge-6-0-0.dcr1.fra.cw.net (2001:5000:0:10d::2) 475.073 ms
45 ge-2-0-0.dcr1.fra.cw.net (2001:5000:0:10e::2) 468.561 ms 437.742 ms
46 17 so-3-0-0-zcr2.muc.cw.net (2001:5000:0:cd::2) 443.292 ms 444.370 ms
47 so-5-0-0-zcr2.muc.cw.net (2001:5000:0:63::2) 443.197 ms
48 18 ge-1-0-0-200-gar1.muc.cw.net (2001:5000:0:4::5) 444.125 ms 442.912
49 ms ge-0-0-0-100-gar1.muc.cw.net (2001:5000:0:3::5) 444.174 ms
50 19 mchn-s2-rou-1030.DE.eurorings.net (2001:5001:100:15::2) 424.237 ms
51 424.956 ms 425.794 ms
52 20 asd2-rou-1030.eurorings.net (2001:680::134:222:86:48) 448.829 ms
53 448.465 ms 448.624 ms
54 21 2001:680:0:800f::32 (2001:680:0:800f::32) 454.279 ms 453.855 ms
55 449.562 ms
56 22 te5-4.swcolo1.3d12.xs4all.net (2001:888:0:114::2) 424.238 ms
57 434.206 ms 430.882 ms
58 23 vlan5.swcolo2.3d12.xs4all.net (2001:888:0:3101::2) 567.259 ms
59 563.464 ms 551.640 ms
60 24 dinsdale.python.org (2001:888:2000:d::a2) 461.020 ms 460.998 ms
61 501.074 ms
62
63
64 Lindsay Haisley wrote:
65 > I'm having some problems reaching *.python.org with web browers here,
66 > and the problem appears to be related to ipv6 issues. My desktop system
67 > is connected to a Linux router which has an assigned /64 v6 block from
68 > freenet6. Firefox defaults to using ipv6 if there's an AAAA record for
69 > an address. This isn't a problem in most cases.
70 >
71 > If I access most v6 enabled web servers, e.g. www.kame.net or
72 > testmyipv6.com with firefox, no problem. I get back a page indicating
73 > that I"ve made a v6 connection to the web server. www.python.org also
74 > resolves with an aaaa record (2001:888:2000:d::a2), and I can ping6 the
75 > server, so I know that routing is OK. I can't, however, get a response
76 > from the server with a firefox, which just blocks trying to retrieve a
77 > page.
78 >
79 > If I disable the v6 address on the net IF on my desktop, firefox uses a
80 > v4 connection immediately and the connection is OK, same for lynx. But
81 > if the IF has a global v6 address both lynx and firefox block.
82 >
83 > My immediate guess was that www.python.org is running a v6 enabled box
84 > and has v6 routing to it, but that the web server there isn't v6
85 > enabled. This still may be the case, however I _can_ use (v6-enabled)
86 > lynx to get to the box from my router, and either something very strange
87 > is going on, or the fallback to v4 algorithm for lynx on the router is
88 > different from that on my desktop system. If I emerge lynx with
89 > USE="-ipv6" on my desktop system I have no trouble getting to
90 > www.python.org from that system with lynx.
91 >

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Re: [gentoo-desktop] python.org and ipv6 Lindsay Haisley <fmouse-gentoo@×××.com>