RE: IPERF and IPv6 and Multicast
> >Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:47:18 +0100 (MET)
> >From: "Jan P. Sorensen" <japs --at-- garm.adm.ku.dk>
> >To: dast --at-- dast.nlanr.net
> >Subject: IPERF and IPv6 and Multicast
> >
> >Does IPERF support IPv6 Multicast ??
> >
> >I get the following error message:
> >
> >[root --at-- reflector2 iperf-1.6.5]# ./iperf -s -u -B ff0e::1 -V -i 1
> >FATAL: get_in_addr called on IPv6 address
> >
> >Jan P. Sorensen
> >University of Copenhagen
Nope. But it will. I really do not have much access to IPv6 machines and
therefore my testing on them is limited. I see the problem and it will be
"easy" to fix. I am sorry that we did not look at this in implementing
IPv6, but the problem exists in the joining to a multicast group. Our code
is not IP version agnostic at this point for that joining. If you feel
comfortable patching it yourself it is in the function McastJoin() at line
285 of lib/Socket.cpp. A decent Porting resource that covers the topic is
available at http://jungla.dit.upm.es/~ecastro/IPv6-web/ipv6.html but if
you would rather wait I will get this fixed in the next release of Iperf.
Kevin