weird chars in ipconfig/all

[Ogg]

Laptop's "ipconfig /all" report looks weird with strange characters for
certain addresses. Is the following normal? This particular laptop is also
unable to see the Workgroup; I want the laptop to access the shares on a
networked Win98, but may the following report provides clues why things are
not working?


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BS
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-CE-0B-87-8C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::213:ceff:fe0b:878c%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : April 8, 2006 2:26:54 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : January 18, 2038 11:14:07 PM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-60-4A-0C

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%6
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-02-04
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.2.4%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

=============================================
Here is "browstat wfw..."

Calling NetServerEnum to enumerate WFW servers.
0 WFW servers returned. 0 total.
There are WFW servers with an active Browser.

=============================================
Here is "browstat status.."

Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.


Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.


Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{425D4E07-BC0B-4683-ADBC-F0894D392C04}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: BS
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master BS
\\BS
Unable to retrieve server list from BS: 53

 

[Eric Cross [MVP]]

Hello Ogg,

The weird characters that you see appears when you have IPv6, aka Teredo
Tunneling, installed on the computer. You can remove Microsoft TCP/IP
version 6. To do so, follow these steps.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...docs/en-us/sag_ip_v6_pro_remove.mspx?mfr=true

 

[Ogg]

Hello, Eric!
You wrote on Sun, 9 Apr 2006 16:46:09 -0500:

ECM> The weird characters that you see appears when you have IPv6, aka
ECM> Teredo Tunneling, installed on the computer. You can remove Microsoft
ECM> TCP/IP version 6...

Thank you. Another point of interest regarding the network. The Win98se
pc can see and share files on the XP laptop, but not the other way around.
But my application requires being able to send files to the "main" Win98se
pc.

I also notice that the ipcong/all report on the XP laptop indicates the
following:

"Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%6
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

So.. considering that file sharing already works in one direction
(W98se-to-XP), wouldn't it be better to just enable NetBIOS over TCPIP in
IPv6 before I go ahead and uninstall IPv6 on the XP laptop?