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Vista Not Playing Well With IPv6

Posted by kdawson on from the pioneers-with-arrows dept.

netbuzz writes in to note that some early adopters of Microsoft Vista are reporting problems with Vista's implementation of IPv6. An example:"'We are seeing a number of applications that are IP-based that do not like the addressing scheme of IPv6,' says one user. 'We will send a print job to an IP-based printer, and the print job becomes corrupted. We're seeing this with Window's Vista machines. When IPv6 is installed, this happens without fail. As soon as we remove IPv6, all of our printer functions return to normal.'"

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  1. Obligatory by D-Cypell · · Score: 5, Funny

    "2^32 unique addresses ought to be enough for anybody."

  2. Re:Simple solution. by someone300 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What if you're trying to migrate to IPv6 but still have "classic" IPv4 devices on the network?

    Anyway, why is this screwing anything up? My understanding on Linux/OSX is that enabling IPv6 doesn't change anything about the way IPv4 applications function, despite using a different addressing sceme. Why would this be any different for Vista? This is indicative of a layering problem...

  3. Re:Oh My God by RandoX · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you responded to the wrong story, but you're amazingly on topic anyway.

  4. Re:Very funny, but... by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 5, Interesting

    IPv6 adoption is going to be heavily stunted by this inadequacy if it isn't fixed pretty pronto IPv6 hasn't been adopted en masse for years. Why would the release of Vista suddenly give reason for people to switch? There's clearly been resistance to the switch, and Vista has absolutely nothing to do with it.
  5. Re:Simple solution. by Nexx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Right. Can you do me a favour and "easily remove" kernel modules from any OS please. Meanwhile, removing the IPv6 stack from Windows is trivial -- just a few clicks of the mouse, and you're there.

    I'm not a Windows apologist by any stretch of the imagination, but this blatant misinformation needs to be corrected.

  6. Re:Simple solution. by haapi · · Score: 5, Informative

    The entire IP stack of Vista/Longhorn has been reimplemented. IPv6 is kind of an "add-on" to the networking code in XP, but in Vista, IPv4 and IPv6 are implemented in a unified stack.

    Just sayin', the behavior is going to be different, and having some bugs to shake out is really no surprise.

    --
    Well, apparently, you only have to fool the majority of people for a little while.
  7. Re:Simple solution. by tkdtaylor · · Score: 5, Informative

    IPv6 FAQ

    Q. How do I disable IPv6 in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008?

    A. Unlike Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, IPv6 in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 cannot be uninstalled. However, you can disable IPv6 in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 by doing one of the following:

    - In the Network Connections folder, obtain properties on all of your connections and adapters and clear the check box next to the Internet Protocol version 6 (TCP/IPv6) component in the list under This connection uses the following items.

    This method disables IPv6 on your LAN interfaces and connections, but does not disable IPv6 on tunnel interfaces or the IPv6 loopback interface.

    - Add the following registry value (DWORD type) set to 0xFF:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip6\Parameters\DisabledComponents

    This method disables IPv6 on all your LAN interfaces, connections, and tunnel interfaces but does not disable the IPv6 loopback interface. You must restart the computer for this registry value to take effect.

    For additional information about the DisabledComponents registry value, see Configuring IPv6 with Windows Vista.

    If you disable IPv6, you will not be able to use Windows Meeting Space or any application that relies on the Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking platform or the Teredo transition technology.