This should have been closed again some time ago -- the default since
Oneiric is to try IPv6 in Automatic mode; although its success is not
required to bring up interfaces.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/761558
Title:
Default to enabling IPv6 addresses, but set to optional to bring up
devices
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Binary package hint: network-manager
Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 does not support IPv6 networks out of the box. It
really should. (Microsoft Windows have had this support since Vista.)
The remaining IPv4 addresses are depleting fast - as of yesterday,
there are no more IPv4 addresses to be had in the Asia-Pacific region,
a situation which soon will happen in Europe and North America too -
likely before the end of the year.
It is therefore urgent that IPv6 networks are supported out of the box
- average end users cannot be expected to jump through hoops in order
to get a working network connection. Fortunately, all the necessary
support is found in the NetworkManager source code - it is just a
matter of changing the defaults so that both IPv4 and IPv6 networks
are supported equally well, as well as hybrid IPv4+IPv6 dual-stack
networks. These are the defaults that need to change in the standard
connection profile:
Require IPv4 addressing for this connection to complete: OFF
IPv6 Method: Automatic
Require IPv6 addressing for this connection to complete: OFF
I've attached a log from when I first activated a connection to a IPv6
wireless network (which failed), and then another attempt after having
modified these settings (which succeeded).
Tore
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