eviews7 & ipv6
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:46 am
Hi, I'm the network administrator in the company and I was kindly asked to help user with the problem opening Eviews7
the client reports while starting: unable to obtain license from server "server name": network address was invalid
when the user is in a corpnet, everything works fine, but when user is away (on wifi, at home, etc.) laptops are connected to corpnet by means of Microsoft DirectAccess.
DirectAccess is ipv6 based technology and license server is ipv6 address enabled.
Initially I thought it is a simple firewall issue, so I checked for blocked packets first, and only then decided to look at the problem closely, because I was unable to see any requests to the license server from the client while on DirectAccess.
Then I got the meaning of the error message: it is not like license server is not accessible, but it's address is invalid.
So I think current version of the Eviews7 software( at least the version installed on the user laptop0 does not understand ipv6 (technology which is more than 10 years old )
As a result I have two questions:
1. I have seen you have Eviews8 but was unable to find a list of planned features. Is ipv6 support there?
2. Is there any workaround for the current version - Eviews7?
Kind regards,
Roman
the client reports while starting: unable to obtain license from server "server name": network address was invalid
when the user is in a corpnet, everything works fine, but when user is away (on wifi, at home, etc.) laptops are connected to corpnet by means of Microsoft DirectAccess.
DirectAccess is ipv6 based technology and license server is ipv6 address enabled.
Initially I thought it is a simple firewall issue, so I checked for blocked packets first, and only then decided to look at the problem closely, because I was unable to see any requests to the license server from the client while on DirectAccess.
Then I got the meaning of the error message: it is not like license server is not accessible, but it's address is invalid.
So I think current version of the Eviews7 software( at least the version installed on the user laptop0 does not understand ipv6 (technology which is more than 10 years old )
As a result I have two questions:
1. I have seen you have Eviews8 but was unable to find a list of planned features. Is ipv6 support there?
2. Is there any workaround for the current version - Eviews7?
Kind regards,
Roman