Native support for IPv6

[Mark_Yedinak]

With the IPv4 address pool quickly getting used up I think we need to have native support for IPv6 connections in LabVIEW.

[Mark_Yedinak]

I think the list looks pretty good. Would Web services need to be pulled up or is it basically just LabVIEW internals commuting with it? If external browsers or application will use web services it may need to be ahead of netwrok streams.

[JaredW]

What about NI Hardware Support? Where on the priority list would everyone recommend network enabled devices (cRIO, etc) having an IPv6 address, and be discoverable in LabVIEW's project?

[Siriusly]

New PCs are starting to come from the factory with IPv6 as the default protocol.  I have learned that if my custom LabVIEW application uses TCP, IPv6 needs to be manully turned off in the network settings configuration window.  This causes issues with some of our customers PC's as they don't always have full administrative priveledges and/or we are not always dealing with the technially savy.  LabVIEW needs to address this issue as it not going away anytime soon.   I think starting with the basic TCP Functions would be a sufficient start.  Looking forward to the enhancements.

[Mark_Yedinak]

I think both TCP and UDP should be addresses. I also wonder given the issue above if things liked network streams and shared variables need to be updated as well. I do think NI needs to get on board with this sooner rather than later given computers and devices are now coming with IPv6 enabled out of the box.

[MM1957]

I also need this support for testing data link products. I need LabVIEW to support IPv6 and SNMP.

[MVidal]

Still NI does not find IPV6 relevant?

[perj]

We really need to start testing with IPv6. Will LabVIEW support this in version 2016? This is VERY important for many of our products!

[Mirash]

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Problem: 
Does LabVIEW and/or the Internet Toolkit for LabVIEW support Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) or Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)?

Solution: 
LabVIEW only supports IPv4. National Instruments will continue to monitor the demand for IPv6 and may add support for this technology to future releases of our products.

IPv6 is short for Internet Protocol version 6 and is the next generation protocol designed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to replace the current version which is IPv4.

For more information about these two versions of Internet Protocol and how their packets are structured, please see the related links section below.

Is NI still monitoring..? 

Mirash

[Tanja_Troescher]

Hello together,

we also need IPv6 for TCP and UDP, to communicate with our automotive devices.

Kind regards

Tanja

[crossrulz]

Tanja,

Then be sure to give the idea a kudo.  The kudo count has a lost more influence than a random comment.