HP-UX IPv6 Porting Guide (September 2004)
Table Of Contents
- About This Document
- 1 Introduction
- 2 IPv6 Addressing
- 3 Data Structure Changes
- 4 Migrating Applications from IPv4 to IPv6
- 5 Overview of IPv4 and IPv6 Call Set-up
- 6 Function Calls Converting Names to Addresses
- 7 Function Calls Converting IP addresses to Names
- 8 Reading Error Messages
- 9 Freeing Memory
- 10 Converting Binary and Text Addresses
- 11 Testing for Scope and Type of IPv6 addresses using Macros
- 12 Identifying Local Interface Names and Indexes
- 13 Configuring or Querying an Interface using IPv6 ioctl() Function Calls
- 14 Verifying IPv6 Installation
- 15 Sample Client/Server Programs
- A IPv4 to IPv6 Quick Reference Guide

Sample Client/Server Programs
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The client requests a service called example. Add an entry to the client’s /etc/services file
for example. Assign any unused port number, such as 22375, to the service example for a port
address. The host running the server must also have the same port number assigned to
example in the server’s /etc/services file.