IPV6 - tips

Attention: open an elevated command prompt.
- Display the configuration of only the IPv6 interfaces on the local computer:

netsh interface ipv6 show address


- You can obtain a site ID by entering the command:

 netsh interface ipv6 show address level=verbose

 - Manually configure an IPv6 address:


netsh interface ipv6 set address "local area connection" fec0:0:0:ffee::2

 - The command to add IPv6 addresses of DNS servers is :


netsh interface ipv6 add dnsserver "local area connection" fec0:0:0:ffee::ff

 - The command to add a default gateway is Netsh interface ipv6 add route followed by the metric (the order of preference if there are multiple routes), as in this example:


 netsh interface ipv6 add route ::/0 "local area connection" fec0:0:0:ffee::1

 - Display the current contents of the destination cache:


netsh interface ipv6 show destinationcache

 - To flush the destination cache:


enter netsh interface ipv6 delete destinationcache

 - Identify the IPv6 address of your default router interface:

netsh interface ipv6 show route

 - Permit ICMPv6 traffic to pass through the firewall:


netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=”ICMpv6” protocol=icmpv6:any,any dir=in action=allow

 - Show neighbors:

netsh interface ipv6 show neighbors