tftp Transfer timed out on localhost

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running the tftp command times out when getting a file from localhost
root@localhost ~]# tftp -vvv localhost -c get me
Connected to localhost (::1), port 69
getting from localhost:me to me [netascii]
Transfer timed out.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • tftp
  • IPv6

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