[OpenSIPS-Users] How to ensure current IPV6 listening address

Robert Dyck rob.dyck at telus.net
Wed Oct 19 23:35:31 CEST 2016


Thanks for your input. The second scenario doesn't appear to be an issue.

 If opensips can detect the IPV4 address on an interface should it be only a 
minor enhancement to detect the IPV6 address?

On October 19, 2016 11:09:50 PM Bogdan-Andrei Iancu wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> 
> I see here two aspects:
> 
> 1) how to determine the IP at OpenSIPS startup - you need to perform the
> IPv6 detection in a pre-start script and feed it to OpenSIPS. That is
> the way it should be
> 
> 2) if the IP changes during runtime, there is nothing you can do rather
> then restarting - OpenSIPS cannot change listeners during runtime.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
> OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
> http://www.opensips-solutions.com
> 
> On 19.10.2016 19:14, Robert Dyck wrote:
> > Using 1.10.5
> > My ISP provides an IPV6 prefix which unfortunately is not static. My
> > address does not change spontaneously but if the host is down for a
> > significant time the address will change.
> > 
> > I thought it would be simply solved by specifying a listening interface in
> > the configuration file. Unfortunately that only picks up the IPV4
> > address.
> > 
> > I have a DDNS provider and I can specify a domain name in the
> > configuration but my concern is that the address bound to the domain name
> > may be stale at the moment that opensips comes up. Does opensips verify
> > an address obtained through DNS?
> > 
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