[Bug 24828] Re: IPv6 should be disabled by default

[Dfincher]

I believe that enabling or disabling ipv6 on install or in the network
management application should be an option.  With appropriate warnings
about future compatibility and current performance issues.

In trying out Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy-Eft I found Internet access with Firefox
extremely slow to non-existent and I was ready to dump Ubuntu.  However
being the curious human I am, I decided to not give up.  Thanks to the
forum list and multiple references to turning off ipv6 through the
blacklist I was able to resolve the problem.

My DSL modem only supports basic DHCP and DNS options and has NO support
for IPV6 configurations.  I found ipv6 to be a problem under Fedora
also, so it is not just Ubuntu that is having issues with this problem.

Ubuntu and Linux almost lost a Techie to this problem.  Have not doubt
that an inexperienced user will dump Linux in a heartbeat if this isn't
resolved in the distributions.

DFincher
Info. Sys. Admin

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IPv6 should be disabled by default
https://launchpad.net/bugs/24828