Hi Alexander, sorry for the delay in answering.
Alexander Rusakevich <mr.alexander.rusakev...@gmail.com> wrote (Sat, 31 Aug 2024 01:39:05 +0300): > My wifi router has misconfigured ipv6 settings which I cannot fix. Debian > tries > to use ipv6 during installation, tries to send packages, but those won't be > sent. > While trying to send packages via ipv6, my installer hangs. The only > workaround > is to set ipv6.disable=1 in grub options. > > I guess, a potential user who runs into this problem may find a 'ipv4/ipv6' > swtich before the "Configure network" step useful. Or the installer should > show > a message about misconfigured ipv6 on the router side when failing to send > data > over ipv6 multiple times. Or the program should switch to ipv4 after multiple > fails while using ipv6. There is a plenthora of options, but the installer > should not scare off a potential new user by showing him the stopped installer > with no additional info. Did you know, that the "expert mode" of the installer allows, to manually configure the network? (When booting the installer, choose "Advanced options" and then "Graphical expert install" or "Expert install".) You would have the option, to force IPv4 that way. Would that be sufficient? Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
