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Chapter 27 Configuring IPv6 Unicast Hosts
Configuring IPv6
HTTP(s) Over IPv6
The HTTP client sends requests to both IPv4 and IPv6 HTTP servers, which respond to requests from
both IPv4 and IPv6 HTTP clients. URLs with literal IPv6 addresses must be specified in hexadecimal
using 16-bit values between colons.
The accept socket call chooses an IPv4 or IPv6 address family. The accept socket is either an IPv4 or
IPv6 socket. The listening socket continues to listen for both IPv4 and IPv6 signals that indicate a
connection. The IPv6 listening socket is bound to an IPv6 wildcard address.
The underlying TCP/IP stack supports a dual-stack environment. HTTP relies on the TCP/IP stack and
the sockets for processing network-layer interactions.
Basic network connectivity (
ping
) must exist between the client and the server hosts before HTTP
connections can be made.
For more information, see the “Managing Cisco IOS Applications over IPv6” chapter in the
Cisco IOS
IPv6 Configuration Library
on Cisco.com.
For more information about IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks, see the “Implementing IPv6 Addressing and
Basic Connectivity” chapter of
Cisco IOS IPv6 Configuration Library
on Cisco.com.
Configuring IPv6
•
Default IPv6 Configuration, page 27-5
•
Configuring IPv6 Addressing and Enabling IPv6 Host, page 27-6
•
Configuring Default Router Preference, page 27-7
•
Configuring IPv6 ICMP Rate Limiting, page 27-8
•
Configuring IPv6 ICMP Rate Limiting, page 27-8
•
Configuring IPv6 ICMP Rate Limiting, page 27-8
Default IPv6 Configuration
shows the default IPv6 configuration.
Table 27-1
Default IPv6 Configuration
Feature
Default Setting
SDM template
Default.
IPv6 addresses
None configured