For a long time, I have had problems with Internet connectivity, despite
my location being high. Playing any YouTube video always hesitates
every few seconds. I have always blamed our National Broadband Network,
which is known to have problems. Today, however, just for comparison, I tried doing the same thing on Linux Mint. The video playback on Firefox
was faultless, so the problem must be in the distro's software.
I suppose that I should file a bug report? My problem seems too basic to
be called a bug.
I suspect it's a Mageia 8 install using the drakx scripts which don't seem to work with ipv6 in many cases. If that's the case, ipv6 only sites will not work
and others may be slow as it tries the ipv6 connection first before falling back
to ipv4. If the only inet6 address shown starts with fe80 (similar to localhost),
then ipv6 is not working.
On Wed, 04 May 2022 16:14:05 -0400, David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
I suspect it's a Mageia 8 install using the drakx scripts which don't
seem to
work with ipv6 in many cases. If that's the case, ipv6 only sites will
not work
and others may be slow as it tries the ipv6 connection first before
falling back
to ipv4. If the only inet6 address shown starts with fe80 (similar to
localhost),
then ipv6 is not working.
Meant to add, I had to replace my router to get ipv6 working even though
the old
one (which I replaced as it stopped working completely) supposedly did support
ipv6.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
My router was supplied by the NBN, so I am probably stuck
with it.
It has been suggested that users leave the router where it is,
and install a conventional router for a direct connection to the
provider.
improvement As the default for GNOME, it is what Mint employs, and Mint
was my comparison.
BitTwister has always recommended that we disable ipv6.
Paste any of the following in a terminal to see your WAN ISP Internet ip address.
If any returns IP address with colons you have a IPV6 ISP WAN connection,
curl http://icanhazip.comshows ipv6 addr only
curl http://ident.meshows ipv6 addr only
curl whatismyip.akamai.comshows ipv4 addr only
curl https://ipecho.net/plainshows ipv4 addr only
wget -qO - http://icanhazip.comshows ipv6 addr only
wget -qO - http://ident.me/shows ipv6 addr only
wget -qO - http://smxi.org/opt/ip.phpshows ipv4 addr only
wget -qO - https://ipecho.net/plainshows ipv4 addr only
On Thu, 5 May 2022 19:20:10 +1000, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
My router was supplied by the NBN, so I am probably stuck
with it.
In any case, ISP needs the mac/serial number of device to grant you
access to their network.
It has been suggested that users leave the router where it is,
and install a conventional router for a direct connection to the
provider.
Again, if router is direct connected to ISP network it has to be provisioned by ISP which will need mac/serial/model to configure it remotely.
I configured my ISP router to supply fixed ip addresses and a little bit of port forwarding for ssh.
First time I had connection problem the tech factory reset the modem
breaking my LAN connections. Went and got my own router to place
between my LAN and ISP router. No longer care if ISP router is reset. I still have LAN access.
< I have already tried network-manager, but couldn't see any
improvement As the default for GNOME, it is what Mint employs, and Mint
was my comparison.
You need to check node nic for any TX/RX errors.
ifconfig | grep error
I was amazed that a few number of error severally impacted my throughput. Replaced cheap ethernet cable with more expensive cable and my throughput went way up.
Used iperf to test my gigabit network between nodes.
FYI: bought 500 Mbs up/down. Found out I can only push ~300 Mbs through
my computer according to speed testing sites.
BitTwister has always recommended that we disable ipv6.
Only if your ISP is providing IPV4 from their gateway to your machine.
I do not see reason to have IPV6 send/receive packets to be repackaged
as IPV4 packets unless you want a IPV6 LAN setup.
Would not do me any good since I have IPV4 only network cameras.
Paste any of the following in a terminal to see your WAN ISP Internet ip address.
If any returns IP address with colons you have a IPV6 ISP WAN connection,
curl http://icanhazip.com
curl http://ident.me
curl whatismyip.akamai.com
curl https://ipecho.net/plain
wget -qO - http://icanhazip.com
wget -qO - http://ident.me/
wget -qO - http://smxi.org/opt/ip.php
wget -qO - https://ipecho.net/plain
On 5/5/22 09:22, Bit Twister wrote:
On Thu, 5 May 2022 19:20:10 +1000, Doug Laidlaw wrote:I use Spectrum cable for Internet these days. With Spectrum, a
My router was supplied by the NBN, so I am probably stuck
with it.
In any case, ISP needs the mac/serial number of device to grant you
access to their network.
modem-only is free, but a wireless router/modem has a monthly rental fee attached. They say you can use your own modem if it's an "approved"
model,
but the service installation technician couldn't get it to work,
so I wound up with one of theirs. So far, I haven't been charged for it.
I was curious, so clicked on the wireless icon in Plasma's panel,
clicked on the connection, then Details. It showed ipv4 number, ipv4
gateway, ipv4 dns, ipv6 number, ipv6 dns, and other stuff.
So apparently, I am connected both ways. I haven't had any noticeable problems from it. Performance seems good. I'm inclined to leave well
enough alone, but what should I look for to determine if I should change?
On Sat, 07 May 2022 08:09:29 -0400, TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote:
I was curious, so clicked on the wireless icon in Plasma's panel,
clicked on the connection, then Details. It showed ipv4 number, ipv4
gateway, ipv4 dns, ipv6 number, ipv6 dns, and other stuff.
So apparently, I am connected both ways. I haven't had any noticeable
problems from it. Performance seems good. I'm inclined to leave well
enough alone, but what should I look for to determine if I should change?
As long as the ipv6 address isn't just the fe80 (Link Local) address, nothing.
If it isn't broken, don't fix it!
I use network manager on this laptop as I have a dual-frequency router
and network manager seems to be better at connecting to the frequency
*I* want, rather than the one *it* wants, than Mageia's net_applet.
As network manager doesn't support bridging (drakx tools do) and
bridging is
required for things like xen, I've personally switched to
systemd-networkd which
supports both ipv6 and bridging, but requires manually creating/editing
the config
files.
On 5/5/22 06:14, David W. Hodgins wrote:
As network manager doesn't support bridging (drakx tools do) andThere is a tutorial for setting up systemd-networkd (on Ubuntu) at :
bridging is
required for things like xen, I've personally switched to
systemd-networkd which
supports both ipv6 and bridging, but requires manually creating/editing
the config
files.
https://hesamyan.medium.com/switching-from-networkmanager-to-systemd-networkd-dcbda0b15056
I just found it, and haven't tried it yet. Ubuntu is not as heavily customized as Linux Mint, meaning that I don't have to run scripts
intended for Mint alone.
On 5/5/22 06:14, David W. Hodgins wrote:
As network manager doesn't support bridging (drakx tools do) andThere is a tutorial for setting up systemd-networkd (on Ubuntu) at :
bridging is
required for things like xen, I've personally switched to
systemd-networkd which
supports both ipv6 and bridging, but requires manually creating/editing
the config
files.
https://hesamyan.medium.com/switching-from-networkmanager-to-systemd-networkd-dcbda0b15056
I just found it, and haven't tried it yet.
Ubuntu is not as heavily
customized as Linux Mint, meaning that I don't have to run scripts
intended for Mint alone.
On Fri, 20 May 2022 13:57:28 -0400, Doug LaidlawI just found it, and haven't tried it yet. Ubuntu is not as heavily
<laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
On 5/5/22 06:14, David W. Hodgins wrote:
As network manager doesn't support bridging (drakx tools do)There is a tutorial for setting up systemd-networkd (on Ubuntu)
and bridging is required for things like xen, I've personally
switched to systemd-networkd which supports both ipv6 and
bridging, but requires manually creating/editing the config
files.
at :
https://hesamyan.medium.com/switching-from-networkmanager-to-systemd- networkd-dcbda0b15056
customized as Linux Mint, meaning that I don't have to run
scripts intended for Mint alone.
Since I only have one ethernet card in my system, I've added
net.ifnames=0 to the kernel cmdline. That way my nic is eth0 rather
then enp7s0.
I've set my router's lan address is 192.168.10.11 and use a /16
instead of the normal /24.
I had problems getting static for ipv4 with dynamic for ipv6
working, so I have dynamic for both and the static for ipv4.
On my rpi 4b where I don't run xen ...
$ cat /etc/systemd/network/10-eth0.network [Match] Name=eth0
[Network] Description=LAN_NIC DNS=::1 DNS=192.168.10.2
DNS=192.168.10.101 DNS=8.8.8.8 Domains=rp4.hodgins.homeip.net
DHCP=no LLMNR=false IPv6AcceptRA=yes
[Address] Address=192.168.10.101/16
[Route] Gateway=192.168.10.11
$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.10.101 NETMASK=255.255.0.0 GATEWAY=192.168.10.11 ONBOOT=yes METRIC=5 MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes
USERCTL=yes DNS1=192.168.10.2 DNS1=192.168.10.101 RESOLV_MODS=no LINK_DETECTION_DELAY=1 IPV6INIT=yes IPV6TO4INIT=no ACCOUNTING=no NM_CONTROLLED=no NOZEROCONF=yes PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=yes
On my main system, where I also need bridging for xen ...
$ cat /etc/systemd/network/eth0.network [Match] Name=e*
[Network] Bridge=xenbr
$ cat /etc/systemd/network/xenbr.netdev [NetDev] Name=xenbr
Kind=bridge
$ cat /etc/systemd/network/xenbr.network [Match] Name=xenbr
[Network] Description=LAN_NIC DNS=::1 DNS=127.0.0.1 DNS=8.8.8.8 Domains=x3.hodgins.homeip.net DHCP=yes LLMNR=false
IPv6AcceptRA=yes
[Address] Address=192.168.10.2/16
[Route] Gateway=192.168.10.11
$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes
$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-xenbr DEVICE=xenbr
BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes
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