Little problem setting IPv6 in Windows XP SP1

[Marcelo Taube]

hmmmm, i guess IPv6 developers prefer system with unix/linux installed but unfortunatelly this is not me!!
I'm developing a programm which will run in Win32 using WinSocks.
I want to make it foward-com�tible so i want it to work in IPv6 nets.
In order to test the programm i'm trying to install IPv6 in my computer (WIndows XP SP1). This should be very easy according to microsoft but it seems it isn't.

I've posted my problem to this newsgroup: microsoft.public.platformsdk.networking.ipv6 because it seemed to me that problems with microsoft products should be dealed by microsoft but i found no answer.
So maybe one of you know what should i do.... in order not to use my fingers anymore i've copied and pasted the message i sent to the newsgroup here:
----------------------------COPIED_MESSAGE----------------------------
I'm trying to get started with IPv6.
I installed XP SP1 and installed IPv6 protocol. So everything should be
working but it isn't.
The 6to4 Pseudo-Interface is not working, it should be automatically
configured according to the article "IPv6 Configurations and Test Lab" on
Microsoft site.
I quote:
************QUOTING_ARTICLE*************************************************
"If an IPv6 router advertisement is not received (either from a router on a
local link or from an ISATAP router) and the computer has a public IPv4
address assigned, the 6to4 component automatically performs the following:

- Creates an interface that is named 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface and
configures 6to4 addresses on the interface for all public IPv4 addresses
that are assigned to interfaces on the computer.

- Creates a 2002::/16 route that forwards all 6to4 traffic with the 6to4
Tunneling Pseudo-Interface. All traffic forwarded by this host to 6to4
destinations is encapsulated with an IPv4 header.

- Automatically determines the IPv4 address of a 6to4 relay router on the
IPv4 Internet.

Through this automatic configuration, any host that is running the IPv6
protocol for the Windows .NET Server 2003 family and Windows XP is
automatically configured as a 6to4 host. A 6to4 host can perform its own
tunneling to reach 6to4 hosts in other sites or hosts on the IPv6 Internet."
****************************************************************************
***
Ok that's what is suppossed to be happening but what happens is that only
the first step is done, creating the 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface but not the rest of the steps.

I know that because i do the followin commands (i'm sorry the output is in
spanish but it's understandable).
***********************COMMANDS_OUTPUT************************************
C:\>netsh interface ipv6 show interface
Idx Met MTU Estado Nombre
--- --- ----- ------------ -----
4 0 1500 Conectado Conexi�n de �rea local 2
3 1 1280 Conectado 6to4 Pseudo-Interface
2 1 1280 Conectado Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
1 0 1500 Conectado Loopback Pseudo-Interface

C:\>netsh interface ipv6 show address

Interfaz 4: Conexi�n de �rea local 2

Tipo direcci�n DAD Estado Vida v�lido pref. Direcci�n de vida
--------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------------------------------
---
V�nculo Preferido 4294967295 4294967295 fe80::280:adff:fe79:f31a

Interfaz 2: Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Tipo direcci�n DAD Estado Vida v�lido pref. Direcci�n de vida
--------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------------------------------
---
V�nculo Preferido 4294967295 4294967295 fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100

Interfaz 1: Loopback Pseudo-Interface

Tipo direcci�n DAD Estado Vida v�lido pref. Direcci�n de vida
--------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------------------------------
Bucle invertido Preferido 4294967295 4294967295 ::1
V�nculo Preferido 4294967295 4294967295 fe80::1
****************************************************************************
****

So I guess i don't have the address i was supposed to have.... this is a
problem... a big one because i can't access the IPv6 only sites.
--------------------------END_OF_COPIED_MESSAGE-----------------------

Well, this is my problem.... maybe if u help me i will be asking more interesting question soon ;)

bye
marcelo




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