Re: [HTCondor-users] prefer ipv4 without disabling ipv6

[Michael Thomas <wart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/23/24 15:48, Todd L Miller via HTCondor-users wrote:
> > Is it possible to get the condor_q command to prefer the internal ipv4 
> > address without setting ENABLE_IPV6=False?
>
>  ÂÂÂÂIIRC, if the IPv4 address is "private" in the CIDR sense (e.g., 
> 192.168.* or 10.*), then HTCondor will almost always prefer a "public" 
> IPv6 address, because it doesn't know if two "private" addresses can 
> talk to each other. However, you _can_ tell HTCondor that two machines 
> with "private" addresses are on the same network --
>
> PRIVATE_NETWORK_NAME = the-same-value-on-both-machines
> PRIVATE_NETWORK_INTERFACE = 192.168.*
>
> -- by including if the config file on both machines. In such a case, 
> HTCondor will always prefer to use both machines' 
> PRIVATE_NETWORK_INTERFACE.

That seems to have worked.  Thanks!

--Mike