IPv6 support on Win2K3
Hi,
Currently we are planning to port our IPv4 based application running on Win2k3 (IPv4 stack) to IPv6.
We came to know that Windows Vista onwards there is a new mechanism where in a single socket can be used for both IPv4 and IPv6 (WSK, Winsock Kernel). But since our application is running on Win2K3,
* is there any way the single socket option can be implemented in Win2K3 with Winsock2 API.
* Is there any driver which I can install to provide this functionality ?
* Currently we are planning to use following options if stack/winsock does not support single socket
- Create multiple socket (we want to avoid this if possible)
- Create separate thread for IPv6 and create dedicated socket for IPv6
- Use two separate sockets and non blocking select API
We came to know that Windows Vista onwards there is a new mechanism where in a single socket can be used for both IPv4 and IPv6 (WSK, Winsock Kernel). But since our application is running on Win2K3,
* is there any way the single socket option can be implemented in Win2K3 with Winsock2 API.
* Is there any driver which I can install to provide this functionality ?
* Currently we are planning to use following options if stack/winsock does not support single socket
- Create multiple socket (we want to avoid this if possible)
- Create separate thread for IPv6 and create dedicated socket for IPv6
- Use two separate sockets and non blocking select API
Any comment on this mechansim ? Or any other alternatives?
* Also is there any plan to port WSK APIs to Win2K3 or supportIPV6_V6ONLY to use a single socket .
Appreciate inputs on this.
Regards
Manoj
[1449 byte] By [maniyan75] at [2008-1-9] 