TCP/IPv6 on XP?

[SteveH]

Hello

Can anyone confirm for me please whether or not TCP/IPv6 isinstalled on XP
(as it is on Vista) I have seen it in 'Network Connections', but rarely. Is
it that it is installed by default, but not enabled?

Thanks.

Steve

 

[Eric Cross]

Hello Steve,

If you have Windows XP, you can perform the following steps if it isn't
already installed.

1. Log on to the computer with a user account that has privileges to change
network configuration.
2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network
Connections.
3. Right-click any local area connection, and then click Properties.
4. Click Install.
5. In the Select Network Component Type dialog box, click Protocol, and then
click Add.
6. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Microsoft TCP/IP version
6, and then click OK.
7. Click Close to save changes to your network connection.

For more information, please refer to:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/cc987595.aspx

 

[SteveH]

Hello Eric

Many thanks for your reply and the link.

We use IPv4 here and ask users (XP and Vista) to disable IPv6. What I was
wondering was why do some XP users have IPv6 visible in Network Connections -
does it mean that they have actually enabled it themselves (as the
information you provide and in the link you provided seem to suggest?).

Cheers

Steve

 

[smlunatick]

Hello Eric

Many thanks for your reply and the link.

We use IPv4 here and ask users (XP and Vista) to disable IPv6. What I was
wondering was why do some XP users have IPv6 visible in Network Connections -
does it mean that they have actually enabled it themselves (as the
information you provide and in the link you provided seem to suggest?).

Cheers

Steve

You need to also note that some Ethernet adapter drivers may not have
the IPv6 features and may not ever have these enhancements.

 

[SteveH]

Hello smlunatick

Yes, that's something I had not considered.

But if in Network Connections a user has IPv4 and IPv6 ('this connection
uses the following items'), does that mean that - unlike IPv4 will will
appear there automatically - the user has actively installed/enabled IPv6. It
would never appear automatically, would it?

Cheers again.

Steve

 

[smlunatick]

Hello smlunatick

Yes, that's something I had not considered.

But if in Network Connections a user has IPv4 and IPv6 ('this connection
uses the following items'), does that mean that - unlike IPv4 will will
appear there automatically - the user has actively installed/enabled IPv6.. It
would never appear automatically, would it?

Cheers again.

Steve

If both IPv4 and IPv6 shows up, then Yes it has the IPv6 support.

IPv4 is the "current" IP standard for all "Internet" enable networks
and is used for 95% of all Ethernet networks.

 

[HF]

This topic reminds me:

How can you check whether IPv6 is disabled or enabled on an XP system? Is
there any simple, foolproof way to confirm that IPv6 is disabled/not
installed?

 

[John Wunderlich]

This topic reminds me:

How can you check whether IPv6 is disabled or enabled on an XP
system? Is there any simple, foolproof way to confirm that IPv6 is
disabled/not installed?

Try this:
Bring up a command prompt window (start -> run -> cmd)
Enter the following command:

netsh interface ipv6 show interface

If IPv6 is not installed, you will get the message:
"IPv6 is not installed"

HTH,
John

 

[HF]

Try this:
Bring up a command prompt window (start -> run -> cmd)
Enter the following command:

netsh interface ipv6 show interface

If IPv6 is not installed, you will get the message:
"IPv6 is not installed"

HTH,
John

Thanks, John, that seems quick and easy to remember. =)