Angus, thank you very much for all the information. And - of course - for all the work you and the others are investing in ICS.
Have a nice day Stefan Paege elektronik-labor CARLS GmbH & Co. KG Bergweg 6 48485 Neuenkirchen GERMANY Telefon: +49 (0) 5973 / 9497-23 Telefax: +49 (0) 5973 / 9497-19 E-Mail: pa...@el-carls.de Internet: www.el-carls.de Kommanditgesellschaft: Sitz Neuenkirchen, Registergericht Steinfurt HRA 3310 Persönlich haftende Gesellschafterin: elektronik-labor CARLS, Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Sitz Neuenkirchen, Registergericht Steinfurt HRB 4175 Geschäftsführer: Irmgard Carls, Joachim Schulte, Helmut Schiffelholz > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: twsocket-boun...@elists.org [mailto:twsocket-boun...@elists.org] > Im Auftrag von Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd > Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. Oktober 2012 10:36 > An: twsocket@elists.org > Betreff: Re: [twsocket] State of IP V6 support? > > > I'd like to ask a few questions with regard to this change: > > 1. What is the current state of IP V6 support in ICS? > > - Ready for production use > > - Work in progress, already useable > > - Not ready for primetime > > 2. ICS version > > - Does ICS V7 support IP V6? > > - Does ICS V8 support IP V6? > > Only ICS V8 supports IPv6. > > ICS V8 is ready for production use, I am using it all my ICS > applications. > But testing of IPv6 itself is limited due to issues such as very few > firewalls and routers supporting IPv6. I have a public IPv6 address > allocation (2a00:1940:0001:0002::/64), but can not use it yet. > > I've done limited testing with FTP and HTTP on my internal network, but > none yet on the public internet until Sonicwall offers IPv6 support for > my firewalls (which means buying new hardware). > > > 3. If I need to switch to ICS V8 > > - Any breaking changes between ICS V7 and V8? > > - Any major changes necessary in my legacy code if I just want to > keep > > IP V4? > > You need to check readme8.txt for details on updating, all the > directories have changed and some minor functions gone. There are no > program changes needed to support IPv4, but you will need changes for > IPv6. > > > 4. Going from IP V4 to V6 > > - Any documentation/examples/tutorials available > > No documentation yet, I am planning to write a getting started guide > for IPv6, but have not had time yet. You'll need to look at the IPv6 > implementations in the HTTP and FTP server components to see how to > implement IPv6 in your own applications, and the new demos > OverbyteIcsTcpSrvIPv6. > > Note that IPv6 is not yet supported by all the components, ping in > particular is missing, which I plan to do next month. > > Angus > > -- > To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please > goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket > Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
