How to configure IPv6 Address in Windows 2022?
In this article, we will discuss IPv6 Windows Server 2022. Stay with us.
An IP address is generally a unique identifier used to identify a device on a network. Types of IP addresses are divided into two categories. The first category is IPv4 and the second category is IPv6. In this article, we are going to teach you how to set up and configure IPv6 in Windows. If you intend to buy a Windows VPS, you can visit the packages offered on the Ded9 website.
What is IPv6?
As you know, IPv4 is a 32-bit address that is displayed as 4 numbers in base ten separated by dots. This version of IP offers 2 to the power of 32 addresses. Currently, more than 90% of addresses in the world are IPv4.
IPv6 is the newer version of IPv4, but we need to know what was the reason for migrating to IPv6? There were 2 main problems with IPv4. The small space related to public addresses, which in the most optimistic case can be 2 to the power of 32 bits of IP addresses, is running out and the size of the routing tables is increasing. Routers on the Internet manage about 500,000 routing lines.
In the short term, Subnetting and Summarization solutions were provided. In these solutions, instead of using Classful addressing and wasting IP addresses, Classless addressing was used. The summarization feature was also used in routing tables. But for the long term, the IPv6 solution was proposed.
Advantages of IPv6
Less processing: IPv6 packets are designed to generate and use simpler headers. This improves the processing of packets by the sending and receiving systems.
– More IP addresses: IPv6 uses a 128-bit addressing structure. While IPv4 uses a 32-bit addressing structure. This number of IPs ensures that there are even more addresses than will be needed in the coming years.
Multicasting: Multicasting is used as the main method of communication in IPv6. IPv4 display does not provide IPv6 broadcast method. The broadcast method uses the network bandwidth in a non-optimal and inappropriate way.
– IPSec: The Internet Protocol Security Protocol (IPSec) is not present in IPv4, but IPv4 supports it, while IPv6 has a built-in protocol and can encrypt all communications.
How to set up IPv6 Windows Server 2022
In this section, we are going to teach you how to set up and activate IPv6 in Windows. For this, you need to do the following steps in your Windows 10.
The first step is to open the control panel.
Then you have to click on Network and Sharing Center on the opened page:
Now you can click on Setup a new connection or network. After doing this, click Next:
After successfully creating a new connection, you should now click Change adapter settings on the left side of the Network and Sharing Center.
Next, you need to right-click on your network connection and then click Properties:
From the Networking menu, check Internet Protocol version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and click Properties:
In the window that opens, you must check the Use the following IPv6 address option. After doing this, it is necessary to complete the required fields as shown in the image below:
Finally, click OK to apply the changes. Then open the command line and run the following command in it to see information about IPs:
How to configure IPv6 Windows Server 2022
In this section, we are going to check how to configure IPv6 in Windows. To do this, you need to search for and run PowerShell from the Start menu:
To view the status of network adapters, you must run the following command:
Get-NetAdapterBinding -ComponentID ms_tcpip6
Now you need to run the following command:
Enable-NetAdapterBinding -Name “Adapter Name” -ComponentID ms_tcpip6
Note: In the above command, you can type and execute the real name of your network adapter instead of Adapter Name.
You can enable IPv6 for all network adapters by running the following command:
Enable-NetAdapterBinding -Name "*" -ComponentID ms_tcpip6
You can also disable IPv6 for a specific network adapter using the following commands:
