NOTHING WILL COMPLETE (ipv6)

Thu Dec 1 11:24:59 MST 2016

Ipv6 is fully alive for any and all docis 3 devices they support. I have an
Ipv6 address. Still trying to use it.

On Dec 1, 2016 10:47 AM, "Michael Butash" <mike at butash.net> wrote:

> Ah, your system got a v6 autoconfig address or something that it thinks
> it's functional enough to use.  I've seen this before, your stack is
> wanting to use v6, but v6 no workie in reality.  More than a few companies
> spontaneously broke with this sort of behavior at large when a network guy
> randomly plays with v6 features in the router.
>
> Problem is v6 is still a sad state of affairs as a whole, and _not_
> automagical to work without some serious elbow grease plus giving a damn
> still.
>
> Best to usually just disable it until you have need to otherwise use it
> specifically that you're going to ensure it works.  I've seen this wreak
> havoc in a network with partial (ahem, someone screwing around) enabling v6
> that hosts start trying to use it, but really can't.  Usually it's disabled
> locally in the network config or via GPO push for windoze, under linux
> using a kernel flag.
> sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1
> sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1
>
> Far as I know cox doesn't still support ipv6 in residential (their folks
> and vendors can't figure it out either), so unless you're tunneling a
> device to a v6 provider with a real good reason to do so, there isn't much
> point.  Keeping v6 on and default also leaves your system potentially open
> to exploit (no one is administratively preventing attacks against you here
> either probably), most best practices state to disable it unless you enable
> with reason.
>
> As a network guy, dealing with the 128bit v6 addressing makes my head
> hurt, I just hope to retire before I really have to care about supporting
> it in reality.  Vendors still can't get clients to play well universally,
> even android is one of the biggest offenders of this still, each has quirks
> (autoconfigure vs dhcpv6?), and generally only used where there is no
> option.  Everyone who could hoarded most of the v4 addresses, they now sell
> like gold while everyone else struggles with v6 doom.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On 12/01/2016 07:16 AM, Michael wrote:
>
> figured it out... the modem needed a refresh.
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I restarted the computer and things load as normal but I have no
>> connectivity. So I restarted and load windows to see if it was a Linux
>> problem. After windows finally started Google and Facebook were the only
>> pages that would load of five or six. What does it sound like the problem
>> is?
>>
>> On Nov 30, 2016 9:48 PM, "Stephen Partington" <cryptworks at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> sounds like connectivity issues with IPv6
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> it froze again. last line:
>>>> 89% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com (2001:67c:1560:8001::11)]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Well, I don't know about "nothing" but I try to open a libreoffice
>>>>> calc document and it won't open all the way. Theprogress bar goes almost
>>>>> all the way.... but not quite. So I try to open another but the same thing
>>>>> happens. And another.... and another. Then I try to update the computer but
>>>>> it won't. Then I try  to update with apt but it freezes on apt-get
>>>>> update... this is the last line:
>>>>>
>>>>>      100% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com (2001:67c:1562::19)]
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I try apt-get upgrade but the last line is:
>>>>>
>>>>> 0% [Connecting to mirrors.advancedhosters.com (2a02:b48:6:1::2)]
>>>>> [Connecting to
>>>>>
>>>>> So I don't know what to do....
>>>>>
>>>>> hmmmm.... as I was typing it started the upgrade again. what is going
>>>>> on?
>>>>> --
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Stephen
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