Subject: Re: [port-i386] connection refused in mozilla
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Mario Kemper <magick@zhadum.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/03/2001 08:34:45
Dale Anderson <lime@lab.net> writes:

> system: NetBSD 1.5
> mozilla: 0.9.2
> 
> Hi, when I go to certain sites in my mozilla browser, I get an error msg:
> 
>  /!\  The connection was refused when attempting to contact <site>
> 
> A good example is www.netbsd.org. It seems that sites which use IPv6
> are the problem. Other utilities (ftp for example) seem to fall back
> to a "normal" IPv4 address.
> 
> This is the basic mozilla package found in..
>  /pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5/i386/All/mozilla-0.9.2.tgz
> 
> Thank you very much for any advice to remedy against this error.
> 
This is a known problem which is already reported to the mozilla-guys. One
workaround is a local proxy (squid) which is adressed by IP (127.0.0.1) and 
not by localhost or by removing IPv6 from your kernel when you don't have 
IPv6-Connectivity.

-- 
Mario Kemper
magick@zhadum.de