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DEMO: Static IPv6 Addresses on Windows

Covers how to manually assign a static IPv6 address on a Windows machine using both the modern Network Settings interface and the legacy adapter properties dialog. Includes verification through the command prompt using ipconfig.

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Manually assigning a static IPv6 address in Windows requires navigating the operating system's network configuration settings and entering address information by hand rather than relying on automatic assignment. The process begins in the system tray, where accessing Network and Internet Settings exposes the properties of the active Ethernet adapter. From there, the IP settings can be switched to manual, allowing entry of a static IPv6 address, a prefix length, and a default gateway. The address used in this example follows the unique local address convention, beginning with fc00, which means it is scoped to the local network and cannot be routed across the public internet. Windows also provides an older configuration interface accessible through the Change Adapter Options menu, which surfaces the full list of protocol stacks bound to a network adapter. Selecting the IPv6 protocol and opening its properties allows the same static address information to be entered in a slightly different way, with a bit more granular control over individual fields. This legacy interface remains useful in cases where the newer settings panels impose restrictions or limit access to certain options. After completing either configuration method, the assigned address can be confirmed by running ipconfig in a command prompt and reviewing the output for the adapter in question. When configured through the legacy interface, the results show both the automatically generated link-local address and the manually assigned static IPv6 address appearing together on the same adapter, confirming that both are active simultaneously.

What you'll learn

What's covered

Static IPv6 on Windows

Aligned to

CompTIA Network+
3.4 Given a scenario, implement IPv4 and IPv6 network services.
CompTIA A+ Core 2
1.6 Given a scenario, configure Microsoft Windows networking on a client desktop.
1.2 Given a scenario, use the appropriate Microsoft command-line tool.
Cisco CCNA
1.8 Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix
1.10 Verify IP parameters for Client OS
Cisco CCST Networking
3.4 Demonstrate how to set up and check network connectivity
5.3 Run basic diagnostic commands and interpret the results

Key terms

IP Address
A numerical label assigned to each device connected to a network that uses the Internet Protocol.
Internet Protocol
IP
The principal communications protocol for routing packets across network boundaries.
Default Gateway
The router that a device uses to send traffic to destinations outside its local network.
Static IPv6 Address
A manually assigned, fixed IPv6 address configured on a network interface that does not change over time.
IPv6 Unique Local Address
An IPv6 address type beginning with the FC00::/7 prefix that is routable only within a private network and cannot be reached from the global internet.
Prefix Length
The number of consecutive 1-bits in a subnet mask, written after a slash (e.g., /24), that defines how many bits of an IP address represent the network portion versus the host portion. A /24 prefix means the first 24 bits identify the network, leaving 8 bits for host addresses.

Topics

Ipv6 Static Ip Addressing Windows Network Configuration Ipconfig Networking

Transcript

For this demo we are going to set this Windows machine up with a static IPv6 address.

Getting to the IP settings

Down here in the bottom right hand corner you see the little wireless symbol. It's also the networking, so if I click on this it's going to show me the network details. Next I could either click on the ethernet connection, which is this unidentified network that's up here at the top, or I can click on network and internet settings. I'm going to click the bottom one, network and internet settings. It's going to show both the wireless connection and the ethernet, versus if I click the top one it would just show a connection where I can jump into the ethernet side of it.

So then in this I'm going to click properties to see the properties of my ethernet. I'll click on the properties, and here's where I can edit the IP settings. I'm going to edit the IP settings, and then it's asking me if I want to manually set up IP version 4 and if I want to manually set up IPv6. So I'm going to say yes, I want to set up IPv6.

Assigning the address

I need to give it an IP address. My IP address that I'm going to assign starts with fc00. fc00:: is that unique local, so it won't go beyond the boundaries of my network, it can't be globally addressable. So fc00::, and then I'm going to come up with just an IP, so 1234:5678.

So there is an IP address, and then a prefix length. I'll just come up with a prefix length, and a gateway. I'll just say fc00::, and then how about :4321, so it's just got to be different than the other one that I had. So I'll statically assign this, and I'll click on save. And that is how I statically assign this.

If I wanted then to make sure that it was assigned, I can bring up a command prompt and type in ipconfig and scroll up, and sure enough, there is my IPv6 address that's been assigned to this machine.

The older way, through adapter options

Some of the newer interfaces within Windows don't allow you to think outside the box. They're kind of structured with the way they're set up. So I'm going to show you one other way that gives us some additional options and a different way of configuring. It's the same information that we're configuring, but you can configure it in a little different way, and it gives you a little more freedom with what you configure.

I'm going to click our network connection in the bottom right hand corner once again. This time I'm going to click on unidentified network. It's kind of to get to a similar spot as we had before, but this time what I'm going to do is click on the change adapter options. When I click that change adapter options, I see a little different box that pops up here. This is the older style, what you used to go into and configure these different interfaces. You'd come into here rather than the newer Windows front end to it.

So I'm going to do some configurations on the ethernet. I'm going to right-click on this and say properties, and then within the properties we see the different protocol stacks that are in here, or the different protocols that are set up on this interface. I want IPv6, so I'm going to click on IPv6 and I'm going to adjust the properties of that.

In here, in the properties, I'm going to change it from an automatic address to we're going to assign it, and then I'll assign it fc00:1::, and I'm going to assign 14 to the interface here. We'll give it the standard prefix of 64. So we've got 64 in there, and then I'll leave the gateway blank for this particular one, because this is part of my test network that I have set up. So I'm going to click OK, close.

Now that I've set it up a little differently, I'm going to go into the command window and type in ipconfig. When I do that, I see now that I've got both that link local address that's assigned to this, and I also have the IPv6 address that I just assigned to it. So that is just another way that you can configure this.

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