* On 2011 03 Mar 07:20 -0600, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote: > > * On 2011 02 Mar 23:40 -0600, Tom H wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:47 PM, elbbit <elb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > On 03/03/11 03:18, T o n g wrote: > >> >> > >> >> So, how to do IPV6 DNS query? > >> > > >> > host -6 <hostname> > >> > >> "host -6" (and "dig -6") use ipv6 to make the query but don't run an > >> ipv6 query (unless they do an aaaa query by default along the a query, > >> but not sure about this). > > > > I'm running DNSmasq as an IPv4 caching DNS on my OpenWRT router for my > > LAN and the -6 switch fails. Meanwhile, not using the -6 switch does > > resolve IPv6 host names. I guess I need to figure out how to teach > > DNSmasq to be an IPv6 DNS cache for my LAN as well. > > I think that you've misunderstood what I said. > > The "-6" is to force the query to use ipv6 networking so, if your > network isn't ipv6-enabled, the query will fail.
I understood, perhaps I didn't convey that aspect. At the moment I don't have an IPv6 namserver running locally so the -6 failed. I may need to tell radvd to pass an IPv6 DNS server from the tunnel broker if that is possible. > You can use ipv4 networking to query a server for an ipv6 address. That's what I'm relying on at the moment. Thanks! - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110303211707.gb32...@n0nb.us
