v6App v0.3.beta is a beta release of the v6App. The application performs two main tasks: determine IPv6-Readiness of the local host, and identify IPv4/6 nodes on the local network. Data from the application is printed to the screen and persisted to disk as an XML document.

Requirements:

• Java 6 or later JRE
• WinPcap for Windows (included)
• libpcap for Linux

New Features:

• IPv6 addresses are labeled with scope identifiers (e.g., Link-Local, ULA, Global, etc.).
  • Teredo and 6to4 addresses are parsed further to expose tunnel attributes (e.g., client/server IPv4 address, port, etc.)
• Added support for pinging IPv6 routers (ff02::2) and parsing the response.
• Added support for injecting Router Solicitation packets and identifying Router Advertisement responses.
• Added support for identifying IPv4 routers based on the localhost's default gateway.
• Added support for global address detection if the local host is assigned a global IPv6 address.
  • For every link-local IPv6 address discovered, inject a Neighbor Solicitation and ping6 packet to the theoretical global address ([64 bit global prefix] + [lower 64 bits of link-local])
  • Parse Neighbor Advertisement and ping6 responses to identify global addresses
• Added user configurable properties file (config/v6app.properties)

Bug Fixes:

• Several small bug fixes

Known Deficiencies:

• No auto-installer provided.
• Windows users may see a firewall warning as a result of the application joining multicast groups.
• Limited number of discovery protocols implemented.
• Device name detection is not performed

Windows (32-bit/64-bit) Installation Instructions:

• Ensure Java 6 or later JRE is installed
• Unzip v6App.zip archive to the filesystem (assume C:)
• Install WinPcap (run C:\v6App\WinPcap_4_1_2.exe)
  • Be sure to select the 'Automatically start the WinPcap driver at boot time' option.
• Open a cmd window and navigate to the v6App directory
  • cd C:\v6App
• Run the Windows batch file
  • run-win.bat

Linux (x86/x64) Installation Instructions:

• Ensure Java 6 or later JRE is installed
• Unzip v6App.zip archive to the filesystem (assume $HOME/)
• Install the libpcap version appropriate for your linux distribution
  • (e.g., Ubuntu 12.10): sudo apt-get install libpcap0.8
• Open a terminal and navigate to the v6App directory
  • cd $HOME/v6App
• Determine which start script is appropriate for your distribution
  • run-ubuntu.sh: Ubuntu distributions
  • run-rhel.sh: Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions
  • run-linux.sh: Generic linux distributions
• Ensure script is executable:
  • chmod a+x *.sh
• Run start script:
  • (e.g., Ubuntu): ./run-ubuntu.sh

Properties File:

User configurable properties are located in config/v6app.properties. See this file for a list of properties and their descriptions.