Does HE's IPv6 DNS Servers handle IPv4 resolution also?

[PatrickDickey]

Hi everyone,

My subject pretty much asks the question. I run a dual-stack network, and when I put in just the HE.net IPv6 DNS servers (along with a Google IPv6 DNS Server), I can't ping any IPv4 sites. But, when I add an IPv4 DNS Server back into the mix, I'm able to ping everything (both IPv4 and IPv6).

So if HE's DNS servers will handle both, I need to figure out what I'm doing wrong on my end.

Have a great day.:)
Patrick.

[kasperd]

Works for me

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$ dig +short -t a he.net @2001:470:20::2
216.218.186.2Could you be running into a limitation of the ping command on the particular OS you are using?

[cholzhauer]

Do lookups work?  You say you can't ping, but you never say say if the lookup actually takes place

[PatrickDickey]

Works for me

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$ dig +short -t a he.net @2001:470:20::2
216.218.186.2Could you be running into a limitation of the ping command on the particular OS you are using?

When I try this command on my ubuntu client, I get timed out no servers could be reached. So, I'm not sure if my IPv6 is even working right now. I know my tunnel is updated, as I have a script that does this (and it shows no update needed). I'm going to have to dig into this a lot deeper.

Have a great day.:)
Patrick.

P.S. As for not giving information on lookups, I was trying nslookup on my server, but it wasn't a valid command. I had totally forgotten about the dig command.  :-[