On Sun, 2021-01-03 at 12:10 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/01/2021 12:06, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> Note, I did try "ping6" to differentiate. Even though there was an
> IPv6 address, it still failed with "unknown host or service".
You indicated "I'm fully IPv6 enabled".
Yes. I'm the author of a number of white papers on the subject dating
back to 1999 and refused to publish until I could claim to be globally
visible on IPv6. It's not an option to me.
In that case "ping" and "ping6" would both try
IPv6 addresses. So,
there is no difference.
That is correct. But the error message indicates a failure to resolve,
not a failure to route.
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The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions.
I think your other response on nsswitch.conf may be the thread I need
to pick at. I'm off to test it now.
Many thanks
Regards,
Mike
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