IPv6 hostname resolution not working

Chris Hills chaz at chaz6.com
Thu Jul 16 14:00:23 UTC 2009


On 16/07/09 09:13, Karl Auer wrote:
> 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.

As a stop-gap you can install a dns resolver (BIND, Unbound, GbDns, etc) 
locally and configure the dns server as 127.0.0.1.




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