Subj : It's a start....
To   : Bill McGarrity
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Jan 04 2015 14:52:45

Hello Bill,

On Saturday January 03 2015 17:52, you wrote to me:

 BM> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

 BM>    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : hsd1.nj.comcast.net
 BM>    IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
 BM>    2601:c:3a80:22a:89a0:1f59:d57d:61da

So there is your Global IPv6 address. This is the one that should be used by others to connect to your system. So it is also the one that should be entered in the DNS.

 BM>    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::89a0:1f59:d57d:61da%10

Here is your Link Local IPv6 address. Note that the last 64 bits are the same as the ones in your Global address. The reason for that is that both are derived from the MAC address of the interface. It is called SLAAC or Stateless Address AutoConfiguration. To see more type "IPCONFIG /ALL" at the command prompt.

Whe privacy extensions are enabled, the OS will uyse a different IPv6 address for outgoing calls. To see if privacy extensions are enabled type:

 "netsh interface ipv6 show privacy"  at the command line.

Unless you have recently rebooted the system, you will see those extra addresses with ipconfig.

To avoid all this confusion, you may want to diable the privacy feature:

"netsh interface ipv6 set privacy disabled"



Cheers, Michiel

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