Helix Core Server User Guide (2019.2)

Configure for IPv6 networks

Helix server supports connectivity over IPv6 networks as well as over IPv4 networks.

Depending on the configuration of your LAN or WAN, your system administrator may recommend different port settings. Your administrator may also recommend that you set the net.rfc3484 configurable to 1, either from the command line or in a P4CONFIG file:

$ p4 configure set net.rfc3484=1

Doing so ensures RFC3484-compliant behavior if the protocol value is not explicitly specified; that is, if the client-side configurable net.rfc3484 is set to 1, and P4PORT is set to example.com:1666, or tcp:example.com:1666, or ssl:example.com:1666, the user’s operating system automatically determines, for any given connection, whether to use IPv4 or IPv6 when communicating with the versioning server.

Further information is available in the Helix Core Server Administrator Guide.