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| author |  John Hood <cgull@glup.org> | 2015-07-23 18:25:27 -0400 |
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| committer | John Hood <cgull@glup.org> | 2016-03-30 23:52:19 -0400 |
| commit | 389fc232051087f2430e9e7b05f770a38069cb39 (patch) | |
| tree | d1ff656ccbacbbcecfebc8d1faa186ea893b8ecf /man | |
| parent | 46aac1834a7c8286027365d571b39a3a47524988 (diff) | |
Better, more flexible handling for IPv4/IPv6.
Add --family=auto/all.
Attempt connects to all available addresses.
Working error handling.
Fixes #629.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/mosh.1 | 36 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ pass between client and server. By default, \fBmosh\fP uses the ports between 60000 and 61000, but allows the user to request a particular UDP port instead. +Currently, \fBmosh\fP has limited support for IPv6, dual-stack +networks, and servers with multiple addresses. At session start, it +will select a single IPv4 or IPv6 server address to connect to for the +lifetime of the session. + \fBmosh\fP will do its best to arrange a UTF-8 character set locale on the client and server. The client must have locale-related environment variables that specify UTF-8. \fBmosh\fP will pass these client @@ -128,17 +133,36 @@ Synonym for \-\-predict=always Synonym for \-\-predict=never .TP -.B --family=\fIFAMILY\fP -Force the use of a particular address family, which defaults to `inet' -(IPv4), and can also be `inet6' (IPv6; requires IO::Socket::IP or -IO::Socket::INET6). +.B \-\-family=inet +Only use IPv4 for the SSH connection and Mosh session. + +.TP +.B \-\-family=inet6 +Only use IPv6 for the SSH connection and Mosh session. This and the +following two dual-stack modes require Perl's IO::Socket::IP or +IO::Socket::INET6 modules. + +.TP +.B \-\-family=all +Choose an address from all available IPv4 or IPv6 address, even for +dual-stack hosts. This is the most convenient option, but requires +dual-stack connectivity when roaming with dual-stack servers. This is +the default. + +.TP +.B \-\-family=auto +Autodetect IPv4 or IPv6 for hosts that only have addresses +in a single family. Hosts with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses will +raise an error, and require re-invocation of \fBmosh\fP with another +.B \-\-family +option. .TP -.B -4 +.B \-4 Synonym for \-\-family=inet .TP -.B -6 +.B \-6 Synonym for \-\-family=inet6 .TP |