Tag: Windows 7

1. Open up a Command Prompt in Administrator mode

2. Run the following commands.  Each one should respond “Ok”.

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netsh interface ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=active
netsh interface ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=persistent
netsh interface ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=active
netsh interface ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=persistent
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3. Reboot the computer.

When your computer has rebooted, it should auto-configure itself using EUI-64 (based on the MAC address of the interface) within the subnet given in the router advertisement.

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