IPV6 causes slow internet access

[Thilo Six]

Mackenzie Morgan wrote the following on 02.01.2009 19:09

> On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 10:34 -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 20:12:04 +0530
>> shirish <shirishag75 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>       I just wanna direct your attention to a bug filed
>>>
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/313218/
>>>
>> Would you put a comment on the bug report itself, please. It does take
>> two reports to confirm the bug is an issue, which means two people
>> where this is an issue need to confirm the bug is valid.
> 
> And while doing so, please answer the question posted on that bug.
> Where is there a slowdown?  Is it the DNS lookup?  Are you saying that
> having IPv6 enabled somehow cuts your download speed?  I don't get
> what's going on.


http://lists.debian.org/debian-ipv6/2007/07/msg00000.html
the whole thread is worth a read if you are interested in ipv6.

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bye Thilo

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