[Leaplist] Issues with ipv6 in some GNU/Linux Distros

[patrick]

Discussed here:

http://www.kame.net/

and at a "Linux Fanatic" blog, by Matt:

So you just upgraded to Ubuntu Gutsy and you cannot get the Internet to
work? You appear to have a LAN connection or Network-Manager is allowing
you to connect to your access point, yet when you type in
http://www.google.com, the domain will not resolve - it just keeps
reading ‘connecting’. Why? Use of Gutsy’s own implementation of ipv6 -
99% of the time.

Yeah great, so how about a working connection!

Because most of you could care less why it’s not working, let’s look at
getting it working again, shall we? First, because this is about ipv6
issues, let’s make sure this is the problem. Run this from a terminal
window:

dig AAAA www.kame.net

Did it time out? Then try this one:

dig A www.kame.net

Did the latter work? Then it is indeed, an issue with ipv6 and you have
a few options here.

1) Check for a firmware upgrade for your NIC or modem.

2) Open a terminal window and copy/paste this in:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

then add…

blacklist ipv6