On 2 Mag, 21:41, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My hosting company provides me a common IPv4 address. > > I'd like to set up my workstation (Windows XP or Linux Debian, doesn't > > really matter) to temporarily use IPv6 for trying to add such feature > > to my library (I work on both Windows XP and Linux). > > Could someone point me to some resources describing how could I do > > that? > > Information is spread widely. If you really want resources, I recommend > to google for them; there are various IPv6 howtos. > > Here is how I would do it: > > On Linux, "modprobe ipv6", then "ifconfig". This should display the > loopback adapter, with the address "::1". You should then be able to > listen on that address, and connect to it. > > On Windows (XP SP2), "netsh int ipv6 install". Again, you should be able > to use IPv6 loopback afterwards. > > If you want true connectivity to the global IPv6 internet, I recommend > SixXS (http://www.sixxs.net/). You can setup a tunnel to the IPv6 net > through your IPv4 POP, using a close IPv6 POP who participates in SixXS. > To set up the tunnel, you then use aiccu, which works really well for > me (and is packaged conveniently as a Debian package). > > Regards, > Martin
Thanks a lot. I've been able to listen on ::1:21 after having installed IPv6 on both Windows and Linux thanks to your suggestions. I'd like to ask one more question: is it possible to bind my server on both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses (note: I do not use multiple threads or processes)? ---- Giampaolo http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
