Topic: Apache 2.2.4 IPv6 precompiled binary

[pginalski]

Hello

I've question does anyone have precompiled 2.2.4 binary with IPv6 enabled.
I'm running W2K Server and I realy need that future.

[James Blond]

Hello!
Apache does support IPv6. It supports that since 2.0

Please read the docs

IPv6 addresses must be surrounded in square brackets, as in the following example:

[pginalski]

Part of httpd.conf

Listen 800
Listen [2001:470:1f02:e72::2]:801

I've got this error

C:\Apache2\bin>httpd
[Tue Mar 20 14:12:30 2007] [crit] (OS 87)The parameter is incorrect. : alloc_listener: failed to set up sockaddr for [2001:470:1f02:e72::2]
Syntax error on line 54 of C:/Apache2/conf/httpd.conf:
Listen setup failed

[James Blond]

That message mean that of IPv6 was not found on your System.

Did you install and activate the IPv6 protocol for your network card?

I'm not sure that your OS (Windows 2000 server) supports IPv6. I know that Windows 2000 don't. Windows 2003 server and Windows XP Pro does.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/platform/tpipv6/faq.asp

[pginalski]

Here is result of my ping6 command

Pinging ipv6.rage4.com [2001:470:1f02:e72::3] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 2001:470:1f02:e72::3: bytes=32 time<1ms
Reply from 2001:470:1f02:e72::3: bytes=32 time<1ms
Reply from 2001:470:1f02:e72::3: bytes=32 time<1ms
Reply from 2001:470:1f02:e72::3: bytes=32 time<1ms

there is an IPv6 stack under W2K and other apps running well

[Jorge]

Last time I check pinging and IPv6 server doesn't mean your system can setup a IPv6 listening socket. Do you have the IPv6 item when you look at your network connection's propertie dialog?

[tdonovan]

Looking at the Windows source code for Apache 2.2.4, I'm surprised to find that it has IPv6 disabled by default.

As James Blond pointed out, that isn't what the docs say - so it probably warrants filing an Apache bug.

To build an IPv6-capable version, you would need to change line 220 of the source file srclib\apr\include\apr.hw
from:

[pginalski]

build form the source on this particular mchine will be a little bit hard becouse it's one of our production machines. well antother thing to do huh. thansks for quick and professional reply.

[Jorge]

[ashwani_ap]

Hi,

I built apache 2.2.0 successfully with changes in apr.hw. but now it stopped responding to IPv4 address.
If I change the listen directive to my IPv4 addr:80 then it listens to only IPv4 addr not to IPv6 addr.
Do I need to build with some other options for both the addrses to work?

[tdonovan]

Did you try putting two Listen directives in httpd.conf?

One for for the IPv6 address and another for the IPv4 address.

-tom-

[ashwani_ap]

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried giving the two directives.
Now it is responding to the IPv4 address.
But, for IPv6 address it is listening only to the loopback address not to the global IPv6 address.

I don't know what is the problem. PLease help.

Thanks in advance

[tdonovan]

Please post your exact Listen directives.

-tom-

[ashwani_ap]

If I gave the following listen directives

Listen 0.0.0.0:80
Listen [::1]:80

It is working with only the loop back IPv6address and all IPv4 address.
If I give this directive
Listen 0.0.0.0:80
Listen [fe80::215:8aff:fe09:a513]:80

It is not working with this IPv6 address. Still working with the IPv4 address.

[ashwani_ap]

PLease reply.
Help needed urgently

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