Ploblem

I have a Ubuntu 11.10 server that I just installed fresh. Now if I try to do anything with apt-get, it tries to connect to archive.ubuntu.com .. It stays at [Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (2001:67c:1360:8c01::1a)] phase for like 2 minutes, after which it actually starts to communicate and download stuff …

Eventually it always connects, but in waits at the [Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (2001:67c:1360:8c01::1a)] phase everytime for like 2 minutes !

I didn’t have this problem previously on Ubuntu 11.10, right after reinstalling the OS ..

Any ideas on what the problem might be ?

Solution
I solved this on 12.10 by editing /etc/gai.conf and uncommenting the line:

#
#    For sites which prefer IPv4 connections change the last line to
#
precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100

This lets you keep IPv6 enabled, but sets the order of precedence to prefer IPv4 over IPv6.

reference : http://askubuntu.com/questions/272796/connecting-to-archive-ubuntu-com-takes-too-long

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