Hi, I am trying to create an application that support Dual stack IP. I am using the IO::Socket::IP which allows both IPv4 and IPv6. Below is the piece of code I took from Socket::IP cpan page. 

 
use Net::SSH2;
use IO::Socket::IP;
use Socket qw(:addrinfo SOCK_RAW);
use Socket6;

my $ipv6 = "2620:0:170:2531:60:165d:4f14:1068";
my $ipv4 = "10.243.106.8";
 
my $sock = IO::Socket::IP->new(
  
    PeerHost => $ipv6,
    PeerPort => "22",
    Timeout => 3
 ) or die "Cannot construct socket - $@";

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The above code is giving "Cannot construct socket - nodename nor servname provided" error. Initially I was using perl 5.20.2 and everything was working fine. Now,for some reason I had to move to 5.16.1 and this same piece of code is giving error.

I went through couple of posts discussing similar issues in ipv6 support. One suggestion I see is the usage of getaddrinfo. But, that doesn't help me in any way. Another post says, Socket doesn't support Ipv6. Another post suggests using socket6. I have tried all options and nothing helps

kindly provide suggestions. I believe I am missing out something in Perl 5.16.

In reply to Activeperl 5.16.1 Ipv6 support by rama133101

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