ACE how to enable IPv6

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I am using ACE v5.7.1 in linux. I want to enable ipv6 so that my server can accept ipv6 requests also.i have added #define ACE_HAS_IPV6 in the ace/config.h file.But still the return value from the method ACE_ipv6_enabled() is 0

when i create a simple client with ACE_INET_Addr(port,ipv6_address) and trying to connect the server it is giving error ACE_INET_Addr :: permission denied

Please help me.

Karlson · Answer 1 · 2012-02-03T03:40:16.620

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You seem to be using the Incorrect constructor for this. Take a look at this link:

http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/Doxygen/5.7.1/html/ace/a00246.html#0ef39cee9fc65be37ca6ce4092b6ea04

You will need to call it similar to the following:

ACE_INET_Addr(port, <hostname e.g. "localhost6">, AF_INET6);

By default you have AF_UNSPEC which will probably assume AF_INET

edited Feb 03 '12 at 03:40

answered Jan 27 '12 at 15:55

Karlson

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i have added AF_INET6 in the ACE_INET_Addr(). but still my client gives error ACE_INET_Addr::ACE_INET_Addr: [::1] : operation not permitted – smitajit Jan 30 '12 at 04:59
@smitajit Can you post your constructor call? – Karlson Jan 30 '12 at 14:52
ACE_INET_Addr my_addr(5056,[::1],AF_INET6).the value returned from ACE::ipv6_enabled() is 0. – smitajit Jan 31 '12 at 04:45
@smitajit Has ACE been compiled with ACE_HAS_IPV6? – Karlson Jan 31 '12 at 14:35
@smitajit What happens when you try to ping6 the same address? – Karlson Feb 01 '12 at 13:20
@smitajit I've amended the answer. For reason as yet unknown the system doesn't like "::1" in the constructor but "localhost6" works. – Karlson Feb 03 '12 at 03:41
@smitajit By the looks of things you have edited 'config.h' after compile and not compile ACE with configuration of '--enable-ipv6' – Karlson Feb 03 '12 at 11:59

ACE how to enable IPv6

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