[6bone] How to specify an IPv6 DNS server on the IPv6-only host

Sascha E. Pollok sp@iphh.net
Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:30:53 +0100 (CET)


> >     Does anybody know that how to specify IPv6 DNS server on a IPv6-only
> >     host? (solaris/windows) I have tried to edit /etc/resolv.conf on
> >     solaris 8 with adding one line: "nameserver 3ffe:3600:8::1" But it
> >     seems not work!
> 
> 
> what if you try with square brackets? so like:
> 
> nameserver [3ffe:3600:8::1]
> 
> >     Is it possible to specify an IPv6 DNS server on windows system? (XP,
> >     2000 or .Net)
> 
> Don't know :) probably not, or via the ipv6 tool in dos.

Did you configure /etc/nsswitch.conf to query for "6" hosts?

Regards
Sascha