Overview
The following describes how to add and manage a free IPv6 address to domains hosted in the panel. See this article to learn more about the two types of IP addresses.
How to manage IPv6 addresses
These sections explain how to add, remove, and test an IPv6 address.
Adding an IPv6 address
To add an IPv6 address:
- Navigate to the Manage Websites page.
- Click the Manage button to open the Domain Settings page, which allows you to adjust various settings for your site.
- Select the Hosting tab.
- Scroll down to the Unique IP section.
- Click the Manage button.
- Select the IPv6 Settings tab.
- Click the Add IPv6 Address Now button.
Removing an IPv6 address
You can remove IPv6 addresses from the Hosting tab (described above). Click the Cancel IPv6 button and then click the Yes, remove button that subsequently appears.
Testing an IPv6 address
Use the ping and dig commands to test if an IPv6 address is active and responding. These commands must be run in a terminal via SSH.
Pinging the address
Run the ping command on your domain. You should see a similar response.
[server]$ ping6 example.com PING example.com(example.com) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from example.com: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=0.302 ms 64 bytes from example.com: icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=0.718 ms 64 bytes from example.com: icmp_seq=3 ttl=63 time=0.340 ms 64 bytes from example.com: icmp_seq=4 ttl=63 time=0.843 ms 64 bytes from example.com: icmp_seq=5 ttl=63 time=0.592 ms --- example.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4009ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.302/0.559/0.843/0.210 ms
You can also use the following online tools to ping IPv6:
Running a dig command
Run the dig command on your domain. This should respond with the IP address.
[server]$ dig +short AAAA example.com 2607:f298:4:152::3d1:2cb7