IPv6 hostname resolution not working

Karl Auer kauer at biplane.com.au
Thu Jul 16 07:13:28 UTC 2009


On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 22:54 -0700, vikram wrote:
> I am trying to setup BIND9 as a DNS server for local IPv6 name
> resolution within a LAN. I've been reading through related threads on
> forums and whatever documents Google comes up with. I am new to this
> and haven't been able to get it to work so far and could really use
> some help.
> Windows XP SP2 (IPv6 Protocol installed)

Windows XP cannot resolve over IPv6. It can use IPv6 addresses, but must
make its DNS queries and receive its DNS responses via IPv4 transport.

Sad but true. XP boxes must resolve via IPv4.

Regards, K.

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