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to: Tony Langdon
from: Michiel van der Vlist
date: 2022-03-23 12:21:00
subject: WinPoint & IPv6

Hello Tony,

On Wednesday March 23 2022 14:51, you wrote to me:

 MvV>> Conclusion: Winpoint follows the OS if the OS is configured to
 MvV>> do IPv6 first if the host is reachable by IPv6 and IPv4. If only
 MvV>> one of the two is available WinPoint uses that. All as expected.

 TL> Cool, which means it would use IPv6 by default here, since all my
 TL> systems are configured to try IPv6 first, before falling back to IPv4.
 TL> Nice to see more IPv6 support in BBS related software.

Sure. Trying IPv6 first is what is more or less the default in almost all cases. Winpoint does not yet support fall back to IPv4 but that will be a matter of time.


Cheers, Michiel

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