Appendix, Notes, Ipv6 – Dell TL2000 User Manual
Page 243: Compatibility, With, Windows, 2003/xp, 2008/vista
Appendix
E.
Notes
on
IPv6
Compatibility
with
Windows
2003/XP
and
2008/Vista
IPv6
addressing
is
different
from
traditional
IPv4
addressing.
IPv4
addressing
is
listed
in
the
format
255.255.255.255,
with
each
value
1
byte,
a
total
address
of
4
bytes.
IPv6
addresses
require
16
bytes,
and
are
listed
in
the
format
FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF,
where
there
are
8
segments
each
2
bytes
long.
Windows
2003/XP
IPv6
support
in
Windows
2003
is
not
turned
on
by
default.
Use
the
following
instructions
to
enable
IPv6
support.
1.
Go
to
Control
Panel
→
Network
Connections
,
and
right-click
on
the
Local
Area
Connection
interface
that
is
to
be
enabled
with
IPv6
support.
2.
Select
Properties
from
the
drop-down
menu,
and
the
Local
Area
Connection
Properties
window
should
open.
Click
on
the
Install
button.
3.
In
the
new
Select
Network
Component
Type
window,
select
Protocol
and
click
on
the
Add
button.
4.
In
the
Select
Network
Protocol
window,
select
Microsoft
TCP/IP
version
6
and
click
on
the
OK
button.
IPv6
is
now
enabled.
Windows
2003
and
XP
comes
with
a
WinINet
API
that
does
not
fully
support
IPv6
literals.
Upgrading
to
Internet
Explorer
7
in
Windows
2003
is
recommended
for
IPv6
browser
support
as
the
WinINet
API
is
updated
with
the
installation
of
Internet
Explorer
7.
Third
party
browsers
(such
as
Firefox)
also
use
the
WinINet
API
either
directly
or
indirectly,
so
an
upgrade
to
IE7
will
be
recommended
for
all
users.
As
multiple
IPv6
addresses
can
be
associated
with
one
physical
interface,
Windows
2003
and
XP
use
an
interface
number
associated
with
each
link-local
IPv6
address
that
must
be
included
for
connectivity
to
any
link-local
IPv6
address.
The
interface
number
then
must
be
appended
to
any
outgoing
IPv6
traffic;
otherwise,
the
IPv6
packet
does
not
know
which
logical
interface
to
egress
from.
The
interface
number
can
be
determined
through
the
command
line
of
Windows.
1.
Go
to
Start
→
Run
and
type
cmd
to
enter
the
command
prompt.
2.
At
the
command
prompt,
type
ipconfig
and
find
the
link-local
IPv6
address.
Appended
to
the
end
of
this
will
be
a
%x
where
x
is
the
interface
number.
Browser
connectivity
to
a
global
unicast
IPv6
address
v
Global
unicast
IPv6
addresses
can
be
browsed
to
by
entering
this
syntax
into
the
browser
address
line:
HYPERLINK
″http://[%3cIPv6_Global_Unicast_Address
%3e]/
″http://<[IPv6_Global_Unicast_Address>]/
v
The
IPv6
address
must
be
enclosed
in
square
brackets
(“[]”).
Browser
connectivity
to
a
link-local
IPv6
address
v
The
IPv6
address
cannot
be
entered
into
a
browser
window
in
the
same
way
an
IPv4
address
is
when
connecting
via
a
link-local
IPv6
address.
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