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| + | === General IPv6 Connectivity === |
| First check your general IPv6 connectivity. At a command prompt or terminal check that your machine has a global unicast IPv6 address allocated (i.e. 2000::/3, so begins either 2XXX or 3XXX) as shown in these examples: | | First check your general IPv6 connectivity. At a command prompt or terminal check that your machine has a global unicast IPv6 address allocated (i.e. 2000::/3, so begins either 2XXX or 3XXX) as shown in these examples: |
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| If this is NOT successful then either your DNS AAAA lookups or general IPv6 connectivity is broken (determine which based on your error messages). | | If this is NOT successful then either your DNS AAAA lookups or general IPv6 connectivity is broken (determine which based on your error messages). |
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| + | === DNS Related Issues === |
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| If you have a name lookup error then it is possible to bypass the DNS lookups and ping google's IPv6 host directly: | | If you have a name lookup error then it is possible to bypass the DNS lookups and ping google's IPv6 host directly: |
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| If you don't get a similar response then you need to investigate your DNS setup, or perhaps your ISP's. | | If you don't get a similar response then you need to investigate your DNS setup, or perhaps your ISP's. |
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| + | === DNS Resolver Issues === |
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| Some DNS services don't seem to reliably resolve AAAA lookups. In particular, some appear to resolve A and AAAA records with different delays, and/or reliability, which sometimes causes web browsers to determine that only an IPv4 address exists since the IPv6 lookup resolves too slowly/unreliably. You can try one of the publicly accessible DNS resolvers as an alternative to your current providers' if you believe that this might be the case. For those using a tunneled IPv6 connection then it is likely that your tunnel provider also offers a DNS resolver: | | Some DNS services don't seem to reliably resolve AAAA lookups. In particular, some appear to resolve A and AAAA records with different delays, and/or reliability, which sometimes causes web browsers to determine that only an IPv4 address exists since the IPv6 lookup resolves too slowly/unreliably. You can try one of the publicly accessible DNS resolvers as an alternative to your current providers' if you believe that this might be the case. For those using a tunneled IPv6 connection then it is likely that your tunnel provider also offers a DNS resolver: |
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| + | === Browser IPv6 Prioritisation === |
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| If all of the above was successful then your browser may not be prioritising IPv6 DNS requests. The following browsers are known to support IPv6 prioritisation: | | If all of the above was successful then your browser may not be prioritising IPv6 DNS requests. The following browsers are known to support IPv6 prioritisation: |
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− | == WINDOWS 7 RESPONSES == | + | === WINDOWS 7 RESPONSES === |
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| A correctly configured Windows 7 machine shows the following responses: | | A correctly configured Windows 7 machine shows the following responses: |
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| Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms | | Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms |
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| + | === IPv6-only URL Test === |
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| and finally pointing your web browser towards my [http://www6.ipv6.chappell-family.com/ipv6tcptest/ IPv6-only port scanner] should also work. | | and finally pointing your web browser towards my [http://www6.ipv6.chappell-family.com/ipv6tcptest/ IPv6-only port scanner] should also work. |