diff -aur nzbget-0.2.3/Connection.cpp nzbget-0.2.3.ipv6/Connection.cpp
--- nzbget-0.2.3/Connection.cpp	2005-09-02 09:00:41.000000000 +0200
+++ nzbget-0.2.3.ipv6/Connection.cpp	2008-02-01 15:16:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -255,37 +255,42 @@
 	m_iBufferLength = 0;
 	m_iBufferPos = 0;
 
-	struct hostent *hinfo;
-	
-	hinfo = ::gethostbyname( m_pNetAddress->GetHost() );
-	
-	if( !hinfo )
+    int res;
+    
+    struct addrinfo addr_hints, *addr_list, *addr;
+	char iPortStr[sizeof(int) * 4 + 1]; //is enough to hold any converted int
+    
+    memset(&addr_hints, 0, sizeof(addr_hints));
+    addr_hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;    /* Allow IPv4 or IPv6 */
+    addr_hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM,
+    
+    sprintf(iPortStr, "%d", m_pNetAddress->GetPort());
+    
+	res = ::getaddrinfo( m_pNetAddress->GetHost(), iPortStr, &addr_hints, &addr_list );
+    
+	if( res != 0 )
 	{
 		error( "Could not resolve hostname %s", m_pNetAddress->GetHost() );
 		return -1;
 	}
 	
-	memset(&m_SocketAddress, '\0', sizeof(m_SocketAddress));
-	m_SocketAddress.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	memcpy(&m_SocketAddress.sin_addr.s_addr, hinfo->h_addr_list[0], sizeof(m_SocketAddress.sin_addr.s_addr));
-	m_SocketAddress.sin_port = htons( m_pNetAddress->GetPort() );
-	
-	m_iSocket = ::socket(PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
-	
-	if( m_iSocket < 0 )
-	{
-		error("Socket creation failed for %s!", m_pNetAddress->GetHost() );
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	int res = ::connect( m_iSocket ,(struct sockaddr *) &m_SocketAddress, sizeof(m_SocketAddress) );
-	
-	if (res < 0)
+    for (addr = addr_list; addr != NULL; addr = addr->ai_next)
+    { 
+        m_iSocket = ::socket(addr->ai_family, addr->ai_socktype, addr->ai_protocol);
+        if (m_iSocket == -1) continue;
+    
+        res = ::connect( m_iSocket , addr->ai_addr, addr->ai_addrlen );
+        if (res != -1) break; /* Connection established */
+    }
+    
+	if( addr == NULL )
 	{
-		error("Connection to %s failed!", m_pNetAddress->GetHost() );
+		error("Socket creation or connection failed for %s!", m_pNetAddress->GetHost() );
 		return -1;
 	}
 	
+    freeaddrinfo( addr_list ); /* No longer needed */
+    
 	m_pFileBuffer = fdopen( m_iSocket, "r+" );
 	
 	if( !m_pFileBuffer )
@@ -339,34 +344,42 @@
 {
 	debug("Connection::DoBind()");
 	
-	struct hostent *hinfo;
-	
-	hinfo = ::gethostbyname( m_pNetAddress->GetHost() );
-	
-	if( !hinfo )
+    int res;
+    
+    struct addrinfo addr_hints, *addr_list, *addr;
+	char iPortStr[sizeof(int) * 4 + 1]; //is enough to hold any converted int
+    
+    memset(&addr_hints, 0, sizeof(addr_hints));
+    addr_hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;    /* Allow IPv4 or IPv6 */
+    addr_hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM,
+    addr_hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;    /* For wildcard IP address */
+    
+    sprintf(iPortStr, "%d", m_pNetAddress->GetPort());
+    
+	res = ::getaddrinfo( m_pNetAddress->GetHost(), iPortStr, &addr_hints, &addr_list );
+    
+	if( res != 0 )
 	{
 		error( "Could not resolve hostname %s", m_pNetAddress->GetHost() );
 		return -1;
 	}
 	
-	m_iSocket = ::socket( PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 );
-	
-	if( m_iSocket < 0 )
+    for (addr = addr_list; addr != NULL; addr = addr->ai_next)
+    { 
+        m_iSocket = ::socket(addr->ai_family, addr->ai_socktype, addr->ai_protocol);
+        if (m_iSocket == -1) continue;
+    
+        res = ::bind( m_iSocket , addr->ai_addr, addr->ai_addrlen );
+        if (res != -1) break; /* Connection established */
+    }
+    
+	if( addr == NULL )
 	{
-		error("Socket creation failed for %s!", m_pNetAddress->GetHost() );
+		error("Socket creation or binding failed for %s!", m_pNetAddress->GetHost() );
 		return -1;
 	}
 	
-	memset(&m_SocketAddress, '\0', sizeof(m_SocketAddress));
-	m_SocketAddress.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	m_SocketAddress.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
-	m_SocketAddress.sin_port = htons( m_pNetAddress->GetPort() );
-
-	if( bind( m_iSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &m_SocketAddress, sizeof(m_SocketAddress)) < 0)
-	{
-		error( "binding socket failed for %s!", m_pNetAddress->GetHost() );
-		return -1;
-	}
+    freeaddrinfo( addr_list ); /* No longer needed */
 
 	if( listen( m_iSocket, 10 ) < 0 )
 	{
diff -aur nzbget-0.2.3/Connection.h nzbget-0.2.3.ipv6/Connection.h
--- nzbget-0.2.3/Connection.h	2005-09-02 09:00:41.000000000 +0200
+++ nzbget-0.2.3.ipv6/Connection.h	2008-02-01 15:18:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 class Connection
 {
 protected:
-	struct sockaddr_in	m_SocketAddress;
 	NetAddress* 		m_pNetAddress;
 	int					m_iSocket;
 	int					m_iStatus;
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@
 	int					Recv( int iSocket, char* pBuffer, int iSize );
 	NetAddress*			GetServer() { return m_pNetAddress; }
 	int					GetSocket() { return m_iSocket; }
-	struct sockaddr_in* GetSocketAddressStruct() { return &m_SocketAddress; }
 	const char*			GetReadBuffer() const { return m_pReadBuffer; }
 	int 				SendBuffer( void* pData, int iLength );
 	int 				SendBuffer( int iSocket, void* pData, int iLength );