On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 21:44, AntÃnio Amaral wrote: > Dear All, > > > > I am using IPv6 Windows XP stack and I have two questions: > > > > 1. Why it is created two IPv6 addresses on the Ethernet Interface? It > should be created only one base on EUI-64, right? Next I show my > interface output <SNIP> > preferred global 2001:690:2380:7770:ac34:34a:30d5:1aaa, life > 6d19h33m46s/19h32m30s (temporary) > > preferred global 2001:690:2380:7770:290:27ff:fea7:b0b, life > 29d23h58m20s/6d23h58m20s (public)
The first one is a RFC3041 anonymous address (that is why it is marked temporary), the second is the normal EUI-64 based one. "netsh int ipv6 set privacy disabled" to turn it off See: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/ipv6/ipv62netshtable.mspx <SNIP> > 2. Why can I not ping to my IPv6 addresses? I can ping to others IPv6 > addresses, and the others can ping my addresses. Is this a bug? Not a bug, but a feature, it is called Default Firewalling. Read the XP docs and turn off the firewall: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/security/ipv6fw/hcfgv601.mspx Greets, Jeroen
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