teknoman
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join:2008-07-28
Santa Ana, CA
| [Other] Windows 2008 ping issue Hello Everyone,
I'm not sure if I should post it here or in IPv6 section but here goes.
I have a Windows 2008x64 DHCPv6 and DNS server setup with a static IPv6 address.
I setup another Windows 2008x64 system (PC1) as a test system.
For this system I enabled stateful mode by using netsh
netsh interface ipv6 set interface "Local Area Connection 2" advertise=enable managed=enable
So now PC1 picks up the DHCPv6 address and DNS from the server.
However when I try to ping the server I receive a
"PING: transmit failed, error code 1231."
The odd thing is that when I create a static IPv6 address
netsh interface ipv6 add address "Local Area Connection 2" fd00::1 now ping works.
Does anybody know why this works?
Someone else had the same issue here
»forums.technet.microsoft.com/en-···c1bf2f7/
Thank you | |
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R2
R Not
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join:2000-09-18
Long Beach, CA
clubs:
| Re: [Other] Windows 2008 ping issue Probably belongs in the Networking forum or IPv6 forum - I have to assume the IPv6 forum exists, I have never seen it! 
Regardless, all I can tell you is that Error Code 1231 = "The network location cannot be reached"... | |
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ajmas
join:2008-04-14
Canada | What command are you using for doing your ping? Generally you will need to use the ping6 command to ping IPv6 addresses | |
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 | teknoman
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join:2008-07-28
Santa Ana, CA | Re: [Other] Windows 2008 ping issue Ping6 is now part of regular ping in Windows 2008 (The Command is no longer there). I did try ping -6 as well to force IPv6. | |
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| | ajmas
join:2008-04-14
Canada
| Re: [Other] Windows 2008 ping issue Another possibility is that the host has been configured not to respond to pings (note that the IPv4 and IPv6 rules may be different if a firewall is involved). In this case the only alternative it to attempt a connection to a known open port and see if you can temporarily establish a connection. | |
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join:2008-07-28
Santa Ana, CA | Re: [Other] Windows 2008 ping issue I turned off the firewall on both systems. I can ping using the local-link address. | |
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teknoman
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join:2008-07-28
Santa Ana, CA
1 edit | I figured it out! It seems for some reason my DHCPv6 server is not sending out the subnet prefix. I checked my routing table with netstat -rn and I did not find an entry regarding my fd00::/64 dhcpv6 prefix.
To those who want to add it in by hand
netsh interface ipv6 add route *IPv6Address/Integer(Prefix)* *Name of Interface* *Next hop* " (this can be changed how your network is setup. Like ::/0 to make a default gateway path)
More details on the command here
»technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr···x#BKMK_6
Thank you everybody. Had to combine what everybody said and use it as a hint... | |
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teknoman
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Santa Ana, CA | Now to figure out how to setup my DHCPv6 server to the prefix information... | |
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