Greetings, Holger
Thank you for your answer. I didn't now about the manual network configuration in the expert mode. I'm was a new Debian user, so I decided to use more simple way of installing
I still think that ipv4/v6/auto switch would be useful in the simple installation mode. I guess a new user wouldn't like to go through the expert mode just for the single option while being worried to break something
Such a switch would be very useful in my country (Belarus) because as far as I know our internet providers rely on ipv4 heavily and set it as default for regular users
Hi Alexander,
sorry for the delay in answering.
Alexander Rusakevich <mr.alexander.rusakevich@gmail.com> wrote (Sat, 31 Aug 2024 01:39:05 +0300):
> My wifi router has misconfigured ipv6 settings which I cannot fix. Debian tries
> to use ipv6 during installation, tries to send packages, but those won't be
> sent.
> While trying to send packages via ipv6, my installer hangs. The only workaround
> is to set ipv6.disable=1 in grub options.
>
> I guess, a potential user who runs into this problem may find a 'ipv4/ipv6'
> swtich before the "Configure network" step useful. Or the installer should show
> a message about misconfigured ipv6 on the router side when failing to send data
> over ipv6 multiple times. Or the program should switch to ipv4 after multiple
> fails while using ipv6. There is a plenthora of options, but the installer
> should not scare off a potential new user by showing him the stopped installer
> with no additional info.
Did you know, that the "expert mode" of the installer allows, to manually
configure the network?
(When booting the installer, choose "Advanced options" and then "Graphical
expert install" or "Expert install".)
You would have the option, to force IPv4 that way.
Would that be sufficient?
Holger
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