FreeBSD challenged by Internet

[Brian]

RW wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:14:33 -0800
> "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
>
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "RW" <fbsd06 at mlists.homeunix.com>
>> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:43 AM
>> Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet
>>
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>>> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:43:02 -0800
>>> "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The OP said that there was no problem with linux and windows, and
>>> that's consistent with what I saw on my d-link ADSL router.
>>> Presumably FreeBSD is doing something slightly different.
>>>       
>> Yes, it is, it's making IPv6 DNS queries. 
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>
> In my case, compiling-out IPv6 support from the kernel was the first
> thing I tried, and it didn't make much difference. The DNS proxy worked
> properly with Windows, but not FreeBSD.
>
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>>> These problems is particularly acute in countries where PPPoA is the
>>> norm.
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>> And the other thing is that just about all the DSL setups I've seen in
>> bridging mode do the PPPoE/PPPoA conversion automagically.
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> There's a history of PPPoE in the US, so people expect to have
> it, even over ATM. In the UK BT turned-on "PPPoEoA" a few years ago, but
> didn't really tell anyone, BT resellers generally don't provide much
> support for it. LLU operators haven't bothered, because there's no real
> demand.
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Careful if you say no to IPv6 in make.conf, my sendmail server wouldnt 
start after I did that until I commented out the IPv6 stuff from 
sendmail.cf.

Bri