X-Git-Url: http://git.silcnet.org/gitweb/?p=silc.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fsilcutil%2Funix%2Fsilcunixnet.c;h=d2e52e936a1d75ff444926ab27e8d6e75bbc949d;hp=b753ac5118be0430f4e795e63adb38611527835b;hb=c257b555225193e54d85daf541d29578b3c93882;hpb=f658940d02cf2fd893296b6a7825b42502573668

diff --git a/lib/silcutil/unix/silcunixnet.c b/lib/silcutil/unix/silcunixnet.c
index b753ac51..d2e52e93 100644
--- a/lib/silcutil/unix/silcunixnet.c
+++ b/lib/silcutil/unix/silcunixnet.c
@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ int silc_net_create_connection(const char *local_ip, int port,
   /* Connect to the host */
   rval = connect(sock, &desthost.sa, SIZEOF_SOCKADDR(desthost));
   if (rval < 0) {
+    /* retry using an IPv4 adress, if IPv6 didn't work */
+    if (prefer_ipv6 && silc_net_is_ip6(ip_addr)) {
+      shutdown(sock, 2);
+      close(sock);
+
+      prefer_ipv6 = FALSE;
+      goto retry;
+    }
     SILC_LOG_ERROR(("Cannot connect to remote host: %s", strerror(errno)));
     shutdown(sock, 2);
     close(sock);
@@ -272,6 +280,15 @@ int silc_net_create_connection_async(const char *local_ip, int port,
   rval = connect(sock, &desthost.sa, SIZEOF_SOCKADDR(desthost));
   if (rval < 0) {
     if (errno !=  EINPROGRESS) {
+      /* retry using an IPv4 adress, if IPv6 didn't work */
+      if (prefer_ipv6 && silc_net_is_ip6(ip_addr)) {
+        shutdown(sock, 2);
+        close(sock);
+
+        prefer_ipv6 = FALSE;
+        goto retry;
+      }
+
       SILC_LOG_ERROR(("Cannot connect to remote host: %s", strerror(errno)));
       shutdown(sock, 2);
       close(sock);