Static IPv6 address on Windows7

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To configure IPv6 for static addressing

  1. Click Use the following IPv6 address, and then do one of the following:
    • For a local area connection, in IPv6 address, Subnet prefix length, and Default gateway, type the IP address, subnet prefix length, and default gateway address.
    • For all other connections, in IPv6 address, type the IP address.
  2. Click Use the following DNS server addresses.
  3. In Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server, type the primary and secondary DNS server addresses.

Then run the following in a command line as an administrator:

  1. This will show the interface ID number
    1. netsh interface ipv6 show interfaces
  2. Set the network interface to Stateful which will remove to automacally generated IPv6 address
    1. netsh interface ipv6 set interface <interface_name> advertise=enable managed=enable

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