Subj : IPv6 connection To : Michiel van der Vlist From : Joe Delahaye Date : Sun Jun 04 2017 20:10:33 Re: IPv6 connection By: Michiel van der Vlist to Joe Delahaye on Sun Jun 04 2017 09:52:52 MV>>> Where "interfacename" is the name of the adapter as displayed by MV>>> ipconfig. Probably something like "LAN-connection". JD>> I have a realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller. I used that name with JD>> and without quotations, MV> Give us a cut and paste of the result of ipconfig. All of it, so we can MV> see for ourselves. Here it is. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BBS1 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Ethernet: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 6C-F0-49-DB-38-22 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2607:f2c0:a000:54:7934:96a8:325c:d106(Preferred) Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7934:96a8:325c:d106%11(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.170(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : June 1, 2017 9:09:12 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : June 8, 2017 9:09:08 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::c612:f5ff:fe66:e6c8%11 192.168.0.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 57471049 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1F-59-FA-5F-6C-F0-49-DB-38-22 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 2607:f2c0::1 2607:f2c0::2 192.168.0.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled JD>> and did the rest as you typed up above. I got the following error: JD>> The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect MV> Hmm... :( I just tried something. Instead of using the Realtek name, I used Ethernet in quotes, and I now have two IPv6 addresses. The original prior to that command and the 2607:f2c0:a000:54:f1d0:1:249:303 You, or anybody reading here can try that second Ipv6 address and see if it works please. MV> What happens if you just type netsh, without any parameters? MV> (To get out type "exit") I get a command line prefaced with Netsh> and nothing else Joe --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32 * Origin: The Lions Den BBS, Trenton, On, CDN (1:249/303) .