by.ur.side Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Hi, I'm not sure if I'm just making a big deal out of nothing, but there seems to be something strange going on in my network settings. Before I begin, allow me to say that I'm not so knowledgeable in this area. I have two machines, one is a laptop running Vista Ultimate, the other is a desktop which runs Win7 Home Premium. The laptop is connected to the internet wirelessly, while the desktop is wired. Both are set with static ip. I can connect to the interent just fine, but I suddenly noticed in the Local Area Connection Status of the desktop's connection, that IPv6 connectivity has "no network access" whereas in the laptop it says IPv6 connectivity is "Local." Why the difference? And more importantly, is this even a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted June 16, 2010 Veteran Share Posted June 16, 2010 its not important if you dont run ipv6 on your network. if you dont know what ipv6 is, its really not important :p lack of ipv6 connectivity wont affter your ipv4 connections or your connection to the internet/local computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
by.ur.side Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 It just strikes as odd that there's a difference between the two. I was wondering if I messed up some setup somewhere. Both are using the same modem and router after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted June 16, 2010 Veteran Share Posted June 16, 2010 ipv6 is the next version (upgrade if you like) of ip addressing after ipv4. its possible to run both on a network, and most people are atm because the world is still being switched over from ipv4. its nothing to worry about if it doesnt work :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 16, 2010 MVC Share Posted June 16, 2010 If you not using ipv6 - just disable it elevated prompt run reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip6\parameters /v DisabledComponents /t REG_DWORD /d 255 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 your router might not support IPv6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
by.ur.side Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 your router might not support IPv6 Well, it says that there's local access with the laptop that's connected wirelessly... It just says no access on the desktop. I'm trying to figure out the discrepancy. I forgot to mention that I plan to one day make these two machines connect with one another and share files between each other, so I'm wondering if this is going to be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 16, 2010 MVC Share Posted June 16, 2010 You don't need IPv6 to share files -- unless your going to play with homegroups or some of the other toys with IPv6 connectivity -- you have no need of it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
by.ur.side Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 Got it. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 16, 2010 MVC Share Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) I have it disabled on all my home boxes, no matter the OS, be it linux, freebsd, windows, etc. I just have NO need for IPv6 on my local network as of yet.. I can always turn it on when/if I want to test something or play with something that needs ipv6. But for day to day I just do not have any need - and to keep my ipconfig output easier to read :) I just disable it on anything on my network where its on.. Now some time in the future my ISP might start giving IPv6 connectivity directly vs having to use teredo or 6to4, etc. When this happens I will turn it back on - but until then its just a pointless to run it on my network.. Im not using ANYTHING that requires it.. So again, if not using actively -- your best bet is just to disable it.. Now if your wanting to play with IPv6 locally or over your isp ipv4 connectivity we can go that route too and get your ipv6 working both locally and to the internet.. But if not, then easiest thing to do is just disable it so those kinds of notices wont bother you.. Your ipconfig output will be alot shorter as well ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoang V Nguyen Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 If your network card support to IPv6 network and your network provider don't support, there are no IPv6 network to connect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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