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to: MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
from: TONY LANGDON
date: 2017-02-01 09:24:00
subject: Re: Feature request: soft

-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Binkd team <=-

 MvV> I therefore request that the following "soft force" options are added
 MvV> in addition to the -6 and -4 options:


 MvV> -64   Binkd ignores the OS preference and tries to first make an IPv6
 MvV>       connect. If that fails, it tries an IPv4 connect.

 MvV> -46   Binkd ignores the OS preference and tries to first make an IPv4
 MvV>       connect. If that fails, it tries an IPv6 connect.

That could be useful in some scenarios.  In my case, my IPv6 connectivity
(native) is better than IPv4 (tunneled), so it's better for me to try IPv6
first in most cases, then fall back to IPv4 if necessary.


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