RE: IPv6, thought it was off

2>> PING RMTSYS('::1') ADRVERFMT(*IP6)
Verifying connection to host system ::1.
Not able to complete request. TCP/IP services are not available.

F20 doesn't work in NETSTAT *IFC. That command shows my IPv4 interfaces. F20 gives "Function key not allowed". I already checked my interfaces via iNav, and it shows nothing for IPv6.




-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Berendt [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2018 10:12 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: IPv6, thought it was off

Larry,

You gave some good suggestions as to how it may have started. But what I fail to see is how do you tell if IP6 is running or not. Kind of like

PING RMTSYS('::1') ADRVERFMT(*IP6)

Verifying connection to host system ::1.
PING reply 1 from ::1 took 34 ms. 256 bytes. hop limit 64.
PING reply 2 from ::1 took 0 ms. 256 bytes. hop limit 64.
PING reply 3 from ::1 took 0 ms. 256 bytes. hop limit 64.
PING reply 4 from ::1 took 0 ms. 256 bytes. hop limit 64.
PING reply 5 from ::1 took 0 ms. 256 bytes. hop limit 64.
Round-trip (in milliseconds) min/avg/max = 0/6/34.
Connection verification statistics: 5 of 5 successful (100 %).

Another thing to check:
netstat *ifc
F20=Work with IPv6 interfaces
Internet Prefix Line Interface
Address Length Description Status
::1 128 *LOOPBACK Active

Oh, maybe this is what Larry was saying. He just didn't say how to tell it was there. Left out the "F20=Work with IPv6 interfaces".




Rob Berendt