IPv6 Readiness

[leonardlin]

Hi,

 

I'm planing to deploy a new prestashop and I'm considering to add IPv6 from the beginning.

 

I was wondering if Prestashop is IPv6 ready.

 

I was browsing through the code and saw functions such as:

ip2long($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

or DB fields

customer.ip_registration_newsletter (varchar15)

 

which are not ipv6 ready,

but there are also fields such as:

connections.ip_address (bigint20), which would fit a ipv6 address.

 

I'm connecting locally via ipv6 (::1) to my development server, so I know it serves pages but as for backend functionality (e.g. statistics etc.)...

 

Is there some kind of overview on which functionalities will work with ipv6 and which not?

 

Thanks in advance for any insight on this matter.

 

Leonard

[AlainBo26]

Hi,

Is it possible to have an answer please?

Alain

[selectshop.at]

Not only the server should support IPV6, also the telecom provider should support this, which in fact ist the last routing them. Most of thel telecom provider do not support IPV6, so answer is: this do not depend on if the software is prepared to track/record IPV6, it should also resolve the IP into a readable Host/DNS.

From my experience I know that IPV6 is still used in several networks on internal base, but not outside, because this is connected with  high cost investments on telecom provider side.

 

Here you will find a list of telecom provider still supporting IPV6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IPv6_support_by_major_transit_providers

 

The amount is really very few in comparision to the existing providers over the whole world.

Edited January 13, 2014 by selectshop.at (see edit history)

[PrestaHeroes USA]

Today from my home office in US with Google Fiber, my ip address is now ipv6.