Q. How do I ping IPv6 enabled address using Windows XP or Vista or Windows ME?
A. Only following Windows product support IPv6 via ping.exe:
=> Windows Vista
=> Windows Server 2008
=> Windows XP with SP1 or later
=> Windows Server 2003
WARNING! You must have IPv6 tunnel installed or native IPv6 transport from your ISP to use IPv6 over the Internet. You can always use IPv6 inside your LAN/WAN if you have IPv6 enabled networking gear such as routers and other equipments.Ping IPv6 using DNS host name
Open command prompt and type the following command
ping -6 {host.name}
ping -6 ipv6.google.com
Where ipv6.google.com is a name that can be resolved to an IPv6 address through entries in the local hosts file, or through AAAA resource records that are present in your Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure. When you identify the target host by name rather than IPv6 address, it is necessary to include the -6 parameter.
To ping using an IPv6 address, the Ping.exe syntax is the following:
ping IPv6Address [%ZoneID]
ping 2001:4860:0:2001::68
2001:4860:0:2001::68 is gloable IPv6 address. To ping to the link-local address fe80::260:97ff:fe02:6ea5 using zone ID 4 (the interface index of an installed Ethernet adapter), use the following command:
ping fe80::260:97ff:fe02:6ea5%4
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hi,i am suchita shukla i am intrested to know about ipv6.i am B.C.A student.
Hi suchita,
Go through on this link u come to know.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726944.aspx
how can i put ipv6 address to windows xp.
I am interested to know all ablut ipv6.i am city & guilds telecommunication student
ipv6 address windows xp
open cmd
netsh ipv6 install
then
Googling
IT Telkom student
how is ipv6 going to address the issue of subnetting networks because we have been subnetting ipv4, im a ccna student and puzzled at this development.
My CCNA professor explained it this way: Most people currently use IPv4. But IPv6 allows many more addresses to be available. To switch to IPv6 requires different equipment (time, and money) . Not to mention there are many current addresses that are not in use per se. One day it will be switched over completely but right now most companies don’t want to.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (CNSA) student
Hi,
I am in need of a tool that sends HTTP put request and get the response back for multiple websites simultaneously. one more thing i need that tool to support fot IPv6 address. Since i will be sending IPv6 address in my requests.
please refer me some tool for this.
hi,
im running centos. how do way i can ping ipv6?
i can not ping ipv6.google.com from my home windows computer. :)