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Windows XP and IPv6
![[se]](/s/countries/se.gif) Shadow Hawkins on Thursday, 30 October 2008 18:38:42
I've been testing a strange phenomena that only shows on WinXP as compared to my Linux/FBSD/Mac OSX based hosts.
If i use a web-browser to some IPv6 host at startup then it all works fine but if i try it later it is as if it has forgotten where to go with the IPv6 traffic. so it retries and falls back to IPv4. However... if i for example do tracert.exe sixxs.net it appears to work again for a certain amount of time.
It almost feels just like as if there's a problem with the neighbour discovery or similar so that it doesn't know where to send the packets to even as close as the LAN.. it seems to forget the mapping very quickly.
Any ideas on this?.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Startup WinXP IPv6 enabled.
2. Use a web-browser goto ex. www.sixxs.net
3. Notice it works perfectly fine over IPv6.
4. Wait 5mins and try to connect to the same site or another IPv6 site.
5. Notice it times out and falls back to IPv4.
6. run cmd.exe and have tracert.exe sixxs.net ran in it
7. Notice the behaviour returns to 3.
This is really strange..
Windows XP and IPv6
![[us]](/s/countries/us.gif) Shadow Hawkins on Monday, 03 November 2008 07:28:08
It sounds like something is not configured properly in XP, but you need to provide some detailed configuration information for anyone to help you.
I have seen behavior similar to yours when attempting to use a teredo automatic tunnel in XP. I then found SixXS, aiccu, and IPv6 RA server auto configuration with a subnet properly configured is MUCH better than teredo for multiple machines on a lan.
Some Questions:
1) Provide your connectivity details. See http://www.sixxs.net/contact/#problems
2) From your description it looks like you have multiple machines on a LAN that you want to use IPv6 with. Have you requested a subnet ? Are you using an IPv6 RA server of some sort ? See http://www.sixxs.net/faq/connectivity/?faq=usingsubnet
3) Are you using AICCU ?, what kind of SixXS tunnel ?, IPv4 NAT ?
Some useful netsh commands in XP:
netsh int ipv6 show interface
netsh int ipv6 show address
netsh int ipv6 show routes
netsh int ipv6 set teredo disable
MS IPv6 FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/ipv6/ipv6faq.mspx
If you already know most/all of this, and still have unusual things happen, try running a network capture using Wireshark. It can be useful from an informational standpoint as well since you actually get to see things happen packet by packet, byte by byte.
Just my two cents....
Good Luck.
-_Dave Horn
Windows XP and IPv6
![[hu]](/s/countries/hu.gif) Shadow Hawkins on Thursday, 20 November 2008 14:20:51
Hello,
I have a question in this topic. I would like to set up a pppoe tunel using IPv6 in win xp, but I cant add IPv6 to the protocol stack or replace the IPv4.
IPv6 compatible pppoe driver should be available from Microsoft, but the links are pointitng to Microsoft update page, where I can't find the IPv6 compatibble wan miniport (pppoe).
There are pages that refers to a Siemens software named "tango" but it also disappeared from the original download pages.
Any idea/help would be appreciated.
Andras
Windows XP and IPv6
Shadow Hawkins on Thursday, 20 November 2008 19:09:42
First Part (if you have not already installed IPv6):
Q. How do I install the IPv6 protocol for Windows XP?
A. To install the IPv6 protocol for Windows XP with SP2 or later, do the following:
Make certain you are using XP SP2 (or SP3). If not, install SP3 from windows update. At a command prompt (cmd.exe), type:
netsh interface ipv6 install
Second Part: I'm not certain if XP SP2/SP3 has support for PPPoE with IPv6. You might need to either upgrade to Vista (yeah I know, not popular), or install a third party PPPoE driver (like CFos) http://www.cfos.de/ipv6_link/ipv6_link_e.htm
I know that Microsoft DOES list PPPoE over IPv6 as one of the "features" of Vista IPv6. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb878121.aspx
<snippet>
IPv6 over PPP
The built-in remote access client now supports IPv6 over the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) (PPPv6), as defined in RFC 5072. Native IPv6 traffic can now be sent over PPP-based connections. For example, PPPv6 support allows you to connect with an IPv6-based Internet service provider (ISP) through dial-up or PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)-based connections that might be used for broadband Internet access.
</snippet>
Someone else who actually uses PPPoE might have a better suggestion for you.
Good Luck.
-_Dave
Windows XP and IPv6
PPPoE+IPv6 is not supported on WinXP afaik.
Windows XP and IPv6
Shadow Hawkins on Tuesday, 25 November 2008 08:57:15
I have IPv6 on WinXP and it works. I have problem with PPPoE
I tried also the cFos but it seems to me that is is not a PPPoE client to any PPPoE server but it tries to connect probably to a cFos server.
I have found a promising client. Check this link:
link
Unfortunately it is in Hungarian but the drawings and screen shots are understandable.
My problem is that the client was removed from the original website and I can not find it elsewhere.
Windows XP and IPv6
Shadow Hawkins on Tuesday, 25 November 2008 07:38:15
It seems I have made a syntax error.
Here is a promising link.
IPv6 over DSL
Unfortunately the client was removed from the original website.
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