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TCPClient, TCPListener and IPv6

I basically use this code on server:

listener = New TcpListener(IPAddress.Any, SettingsAPI.ServerPort)

and this code on client:

tcpclient = New TcpClient(Server.Connection.Address, Server.Connection.Port)
It seems like this code does not work in IPv6 environment. What do I need to do to support this?

 

3 Answers Found

 

Answer 1

IPAddress.IPv6Any
 

Answer 2

Will that be backwards compatible (work on IPv4 as well) or do I have to have one listner on IPv4 and one on IPv6?
 

Answer 3

On Vista and later one socket can do both protocols, but on XP one will need two sockets.  See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wndp/archive/2006/10/24/creating-ip-agnostic-applications-part-2-dual-mode-sockets.aspx (and http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wndp/archive/2006/08/29/creating-ip-agnostic-applications--part--1.aspx) 

However one needs to configure the socket for dual-protocol use. So presumably one needs to do that before starting the listener, e.g.:

// 27 is equivalent to IPV6_V6ONLY socket option in the winsock snippet below
listener.Server.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.IPv6, (SocketOptionName)27, 0);
 
 
 
 
 
 

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