IPv6 is not supported by mDNS?

[Y-A-K-E]

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[devyte]

Not yet.

[CRCinAU]

I wonder how far this is off - seeing as IPv6 is supported on ESP8266 now... I can connect via PubSubClient to an IPv6 MQTT server - as long as you call it by a hostname - not an IP address.

Compile errors when enabling IPv6 suport in LEAmDNS.h show:

*** [.pio/build/d1_mini/libbea/ESP8266mDNS/ESP8266mDNS_Legacy.cpp.o] Error 1
In file included from ~/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif8266@src-31d658a59f41540201fc3726a1394910/libraries/ESP8266mDNS/src/LEAmDNS_Priv.h:179:0,
                 from ~/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif8266@src-31d658a59f41540201fc3726a1394910/libraries/ESP8266mDNS/src/LEAmDNS_Helpers.cpp:28:
~/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif8266@src-31d658a59f41540201fc3726a1394910/libraries/ESP8266mDNS/src/LEAmDNS.h:1052:17: error: 'IP6Address' does not name a type
                 IP6Address      m_IPAddress;
                 ^
~/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif8266@src-31d658a59f41540201fc3726a1394910/libraries/ESP8266mDNS/src/LEAmDNS_Helpers.cpp: In member function 'bool esp8266::MDNSImplementation::MDNSResponder::_allocUDPContext()':
~/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif8266@src-31d658a59f41540201fc3726a1394910/libraries/ESP8266mDNS/src/LEAmDNS_Helpers.cpp:222:20: error: 'ip_addr_t' has no member named 'addr'
     multicast_addr.addr = DNS_MQUERY_IPV6_GROUP_INIT;
                    ^
*** [.pio/build/d1_mini/libbea/ESP8266mDNS/LEAmDNS_Helpers.cpp.o] Error 1

[valpackett]

Looks like work on this is happening in #7335

[d-a-v]

Please head to #7210 (comment)