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===== Internet Protocol Version ===== | ===== Internet Protocol Version ===== | ||
- | This option allows the user to select between the old and new Internet protocols and addressing schemes (IPv4 and IPv6). The default setting is //Auto//, which means WinSCP will do something sensible and try to guess which protocol you wanted. (If you specify a literal Internet address, it will use whichever protocol that address implies. If you provide a hostname, it will see what kinds of address exist for that hostname; it will use IPv6 if there is an IPv6 address available, and fall back to IPv4 if not.) | + | This option allows the user to select between the old and new Internet protocols and addressing schemes (IPv4 and IPv6). The default setting is //Auto//, which means WinSCP will do something sensible and try to guess which protocol you wanted. (If you specify a literal Internet address, it will use whichever protocol that address implies. If you provide a hostname, it will see what kinds of address exist for that hostname; it will use %%IPv6%% if there is an %%IPv6%% address available, and fall back to IPv4 if not.) |
If you need to force WinSCP to use a particular protocol, you can | If you need to force WinSCP to use a particular protocol, you can | ||
- | explicitly set this to //IPv4// or //IPv6//. ((&puttydoccite)) | + | explicitly set this to //IPv4// or //%%IPv6%%//. ((&puttydoccite)) |
The option is not available with [[webdav|WebDAV protocol]]. | The option is not available with [[webdav|WebDAV protocol]]. |