by Hello,
Would you pls help me out in this regard. I am getting Bind failure
with error inValid argument Linux IPv6 machine(Kernel 2.4.7)
Same code works in Solaris IPv6.
Where is is bug?????
Pls let me know if you need more info on this.
Thanks in advance for your support.
Arif
/*-------------- code segment ------------------*/
struct sockaddr_in6 addr6;
int size, sd;
sd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
if(sd == -1)
{
perror("socket()"); exit(1);
}
if(setsockopt(sd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BSDCOMPAT, &enable,
sizeof(enable)) == -1)
{
perror("setsockopt()");
exit(1);
}
if(setsockopt(sd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &enable,
sizeof(enable)) == -1)
{
perror("setsockopt()");
exit(1);
}
memset(&addr6, 0, sizeof(addr6));
size = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
addr6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
addr6.sin6_port = htons(0);
/* use this to bind to real address */
if(inet_pton(AF_INET6, "FE80::250:DAFF:FECD:2DE2",
&addr6.sin6_addr)==0)
perror("inet_pton call failed inside cmInetBind");
/* when binding to loopback interface. THIS PORTION WORKS!!!! */
/* memcpy(&addr6.sin6_addr, &in6addr_loopback,
sizeof(in6addr_loopback)); */
if(bind(sd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr6, size) == -1)
{
perror("bind()"); exit(1);
}
------------log of the Interface on linux IPv6 machine------------
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:CD:2D:E2
inet addr:10.242.101.18 Bcast:10.242.101.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:daff:fecd:2de2/10 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3109744 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:136 frame:0
TX packets:2470093 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
RX bytes:650222683 (620.1 Mb) TX bytes:541913530 (516.8 Mb)