[pydotorg-www] Fwd: website and ipv6

[webmaster at python.org]

On 26/11/2010 12:56, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>>
>> webmaster at python.org wrote:
>>> On 26/11/2010 12:46, Doug Hellmann wrote:
>>>> On Nov 26, 2010, at 6:35 AM, webmaster at python.org
>>>> <mailto:webmaster at python.org>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I assume this is an end-user problem and that python.org
>>>>> <http://python.org>  *can* be reached by ipv6?
>>>> I've run into this a couple of times and the solution I was always
>>>> given was to disable IPv6 on my client system.
>>>>
>>> Sure, but that doesn't answer the question. :-)
>> The answer is: yes, it can be reached via IPv6:
>>
>> You can try one of the several looking glass servers around the
>> world: http://www.bgp4.as/looking-glasses
>>
>> E.g. http://noc.eu.clara.net/lg.php
>>
>> Router: US
>> Command: ping ip www.python.org
>>
>>
>> Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 82.94.164.162, timeout is 2 seconds:
>> !!!!!
>> Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 88/91/92 ms
> Sorry, cut-n-paste error.
>
> Router: Germany
> Command: ping ipv6 www.python.org
>
> This data is to be considered confidentional.
>
> Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 2001:888:2000:D::A2, timeout is 2 seconds:
> !!!!!
> Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 8/9/12 ms
>
> Note that a lot of data centers, ISPs and end-user routers are not
> prepared to handle IPv6.

Thanks Mark. I've passed this on to the original enquirer.

All the best,

Michael Foord
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>> Doug
>>>>
>>>>> Michael
>>>>>
>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>> Subject:     website and ipv6
>>>>> Date:     Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:56:40 +0100
>>>>> From:<Piotr.Pieprzycki at portal.onet.pl>
>>>>> To:<webmaster at python.org>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I'm unable to connect to site while I have ipv6 stack on my computer.
>>>>> You have AAAA DNS record for site and that address is not responding.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please up http server on ipv6 address or delete dns record
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Piotr Pieprzycki
>>>>>
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