Posted: 6/22/2011 10:40:39 AM EDT
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I've got IPv6 at my house so I can start playing with it, but I've run into a problem. My Windows 2008 eMail server won't talk IPv6. When I do an ipconfig it doesn't even show a link local address. When I try to manually configure an address out of my block it tells me to reboot and after the reboot has forgotten everything except for the gateway.
Has anyone seen this before? -Mike |
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Odd. Open the properties for the network adapter. Is Internet Protocol Version 6 installed and checked. I am going to assume it is as you said you can manually configure an address. Is this how you are configuring the address? Did you try to configure it by using the netsh commands? I ran across this little tidbit on the below site. Static IPv6 address configuration Unfortunately, Windows Server 2008 doesn’t offer a graphical means to configure IPv6. Instead, you must use the netsh command from a console to configure IPv6. Open a command console and issue the following commands to initiate a Netsh session to configure IPv6: NETSH INTERFACE IPV6 Next, add the interface and address using the following command: ADD ADDRESS INTERFACE=string ADDRESS=address Replace string with the string that identifies the IPv6 interface; address specifies the IPv6 address. Generally, even if you assign the address statically in this way, the computer will determine the default router from router advertisements; however, you can assign the default router statically if required. Still in the netsh IPv6 interface, execute the following command: ADD ROUTE PREFIX=IPv6Address/Integer INTERFACE=string Replace IPv6Address with the valid IPv6 address, and Integer with the prefix length. Replace string with the interface name on which to add the route. If you need to remove a route, use the following commands: SHOW ROUTES DELETE ROUTE PREFIX=IPv6Address/Integer INTERFACE=string Use the results of the SHOW ROUTES command to determine the route prefix and interface index for the route to be deleted. Then replace the IPv6Address, Integer, and string values accordingly. http://www.itechtalk.com/thread1600.html ETA: I don't know if it means the the GUI interface does not hold the address like you are experiencing, but it is worth a shot. Also, make sure the NIC is not bad and the drivers are up to date. |