From 4d30d698cf39b2da186f6761b24904a06cfb7b27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Stainton <dstainton415@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:01:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor correction to ipv6 + ipv4 configuration considerations --- docs/configuration.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst index 80b411869..6e10dda42 100644 --- a/docs/configuration.rst +++ b/docs/configuration.rst @@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ set the ``tub.location`` option described below. "server endpoint descriptor" strings, each of which is a value like ``tcp:12345`` and ``tcp:23456:interface=127.0.0.1``. - To listen on multiple ports at once (e.g. both TCP-on-IPv4 and - TCP-on-IPv6), use something like ``tcp:12345,tcp6:12345``. + To listen on multiple ports at once (e.g. both TCP-on-IPv4 and TCP-on-IPv6), + use something like ``tcp6:interface=2600\:3c01\:f03c\:91ff\:fe93\:d272:3456,tcp:interface=8.8.8.8:3456``. + Lists of endpoint descriptor strings like the following ``tcp:12345,tcp6:12345`` + are known to not work because an ``Address already in use.`` error. If ``tub.port`` is the string ``disabled``, the node will not listen at all, and thus cannot accept connections from other nodes. If ``[storage]