Re: broken DNS proxying at public wireless hotspots

From: Stephen Sprunk (no email)
Date: Sat Feb 03 2007 - 02:00:29 EST

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    Thus spake "Trent Lloyd" <>
    > One thing I have noticed to be unfortunately more common that I would
    > like is routers that misunderstand IPv6 AAAA requests and return an
    > A record of 0.0.0.1
    >
    > So if you are using (for the most part) anything other than windows,
    > or
    > Windows Vista, this may be related to what you are seeing.

    The same is true if you've enabled IPv6 on XP. Unfortunately, it's hard
    to find a hotel network these days that _doesn't_ break when presented
    with AAAA queries.

    I'm hoping that the flood of support calls from Vista users will
    pressure them to get their systems fixed, but I'm not holding my breath.
    They'll probably just make "disable IPv6" part of their standard
    troubleshooting routine, just like telling you to reboot your PC. After
    all, nobody uses it, right?

    S

    Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein
    CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
    K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking


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