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c++winsockipv6

sockaddr_in6 not declared?

I'm trying to port an ipv4 server/client to ipv6, but the compiler says SOCKADDR_IN6 is not declared in the scope. SOCKADDR_IN is declared but not SOCKADDR_IN6. <Winsock2.h> is included.

Any one have any ideas why it would be undeclared?

Solution

  • Microsoft's documentation for sockaddr_in6 says that it is defined in the ws2tcpip.h header, probably you need to include that.

    On Linux you'd need different includes, sys/socket.h and netinet/in.h.