[135917] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: test-ipv6.com
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeroen Massar)
Sun Jan 30 20:23:56 2011
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:16:03 +0100
From: Jeroen Massar <jeroen@unfix.org>
To: Blake Hudson <blake@ispn.net>
In-Reply-To: <4D435140.7020207@ispn.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 2011-01-29 00:29, Blake Hudson wrote:
> Does this site have an AAAA record? If so, my DNS does not pick it up.
ipv6-test.com itself does not, and that would be 'bad' also as then when
somebody has an IPv6 stack but broken connectivity they would not be
able to reach that site.
>From the oh so helpful FAQ @ http://test-ipv6.com/faq.html
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Q: Why is this web site reachable via IPv4 only?
You're right, there are no AAAA records, intentionally. A percentage of
users are unable to browse sites that are dual-stack. If the users can't
connect, then they can't be told they have a problem. This is a big
problem facing content providers today; of which, I work at one for my
$dayjob. As such, the main test page requires IPv4 (either native or
translated).
At some point, when the percentage of "broken" users has gone
significantly down, I'll consider making test-ipv6.com dual-stack..
Q: How do I test my IPv6-only host
If you ask that question, chances are you don't need this site. However,
if you really want to, visit http://aaaa.test-ipv6.com with your
IPv6-only host.
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Greets,
Jeroen
