1. IPv6 Host Configuration
Deepak Sharma
Network Engineer
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur INDIA

2. IPv6 on Windows IPv6 Host Configuration Available: Supported features:
For NT4 Beta Version(Microsoft REsearch)
For Win2000 technology preview (Windows 2000 IPv6 - SP3/IE IPv6 enabler)
Windows XP – you can install
Windows .Net server 2003 – you can install
Supported features:
- Autoconfiguration, IPv4 tunnel, 6to4 tunnel, 6to4 relay, ISATAP tunnel, IPSec (manual Keying)

3. Windows XP -1 IPv6 Host Configuration
Installing (after SP1 You can install from network module installer)
ipv6 install
You are ready !
Autoconfiguration is working
ipv6 if 4
Ipconfig eg.

4. Windows XP -2 IPv6 Host Configuration
C:\Documents and Settings\deepak>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address :
Subnet Mask :
IP Address : 2001:e30:1401:2:d46e:b891:3082:b939
IP Address : fe80::202:b3ff:fe3e:12b6%6
Default Gateway :
fe80::20d:65ff:fef9:7070%6

5. Windows XP -3 IPv6 Host Configuration Manual address configuration.
to configure the global address use netsh interface ipv6 add address InterfaceNameOrIndex IPv6Address
Eg. netsh interface ipv6 add address "Local Area Connection" 2001:e30:14001:1::10
To change address use netsh interface ipv6 set address
To remove address use netsh interface ipv6 delete address

6. Applications supported : ping6, tracert6, pathping
IPv6 Host Configuration
Windows XP -4
Applications supported :
ping6, tracert6, pathping
All Wininet.dll based applications eg. ftp, telnet, IExplorer
– instant messaging + p2p stream sharing
More Windows applications for downloads at

7. Windows 2003 Server - 1 IPv6 Host Configuration
Windows 2003 of course also includes IPv6 support out of the box. But it still isn't switched on by default. Next to the command line option to install IPv6, this version of Windows also includes the option to install the IPv6 protocol through the graphical user interface.
IPv6 is installed by opening the network properties of the current LAN connection. The tab "General" includes the functionality to install additional network protocols. Just click on "Install" and search for "Microsoft TCP/IP Version 6" in the list of protocols. Select it and click "Ok". IPv6 is now installed and enabled.
Uninstallation of IPv6 works just like with any other network protocol. Just select it in the list of installed protocols and click "Uninstall".

8. IPv6 Host Configuration
Windows 2003 Server - 2
all configuration options for IPv6 have been included into the normal netsh command. All interface specific IPv6 options as well as ISATAP and 6to4 configuration settings are accessed through :
c:\ netsh interface ipv6 ?
File/print sharing-et (site-local) supported over IPv6
IIS and media server also support IPv6

9. For New Networking Features in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
IPv6 Host Configuration
Further Information
Further Information.
For New Networking Features in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
mns/cableguy/cg0902.mspx

10. autoconfiguration, IPv4 tunnel, 6to4
IPv6 Host Configuration
IPv6 on Linux
Supported:
autoconfiguration, IPv4 tunnel, 6to4
Since Kernel 2.2.x recommended at lease 2.4.8

11. Fedora Redhat IPv6 Host Configuration Enabling gloabal IPv6 support:
/etc/sysconfig/network file: NETWORKING_IPV6=“YES”
Enabling IPv6 support on a particular interface:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-etho file: IPV6INIT=“yes”
Configure IPv6 interface address:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-etho file:
IPV6ADDR=“2001:e30:DEAD:BEEF”
Default Gateway:
/etc/sysconfig/network file: IPV6_DEFAULTGW=IPv6 address[%interface]
Default route configuration:
/etc/sysconfig/static-routes-ipv6 file:
eth ::/ ffe:ffff:1234:0002:0:0:0:1

12. Fedora Redhat IPv6 Host Configuration ifconfig
sysconfig]# ifconfig
eth Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:79:95:D2:1B
inet addr: Bcast: Mask:
inet6 addr: 2001:e30:1400:1:212:79ff:fe95:d21b/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::212:79ff:fe95:d21b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets: errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets: errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes: (1.1 GiB) TX bytes: (13.8 MiB)
Interrupt:209

13. Fedora Redhat Applications.
IPv6 Host Configuration
Fedora Redhat
Applications.
ping6, traceroute6, tcpdump, tracepath6, apache, bind, imp(xinetd), sendmail, openssh, telnet, ftp, mozilla, lynx, wget, kde, xchat, postfix, exim, sylpheed……..

14. Fedora Redhat Further Information: http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/
IPv6 Host Configuration
Fedora Redhat
Further Information:

15. IPv6 Server Configuration
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur INDIA

16. The configuration files of bind are : /etc/named.conf
IPv6 Host Configuration
IPv6 DNS
Bind is available on the following url
The configuration files of bind are :
/etc/named.conf
/var/named/zonefiles

17. IPv6 Host Configuration
IPv6 DNS
The default behaviour of bind is that it listens by default on IPv4 requests only. To have bind listen to IPv6 requests as well, the following configuration statements must be added in named.conf:
options {
listen-on {any; };
listen-onv6 {any; }; };

18. IPv6 DNS IPv6 Host Configuration A sample /etc/named.conf file //
// named.conf for Red Hat caching-nameserver
options {
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
listen-on-v6 { any; };
query-source address * port 53; };
zone "iitk.ipv6.ernet.in" {
type master;
file "hosts.iitk.ipv6.ernet.in";
allow-query {any;};
allow-transfer {any;};
zone "0.3.e ip6.arpa" {
file "reverse e30_32.IP6.ARPA";

19. IPv6 DNS IPv6 Host Configuration A sample zone file $TTL 86400
$ORIGIN iitk.ipv6.ernet.in.
@ IN SOA ns.iitk.ipv6.ernet.in. (
; serial
3H ; refresh
15M ; retry
1W ; expiry
1D ) ; minimum
IN NS ns.iitk.ipv6.ernet.in.
; IN NS ns.iitk.ernet.in
IN MX mail.iitk.ipv6.ernet.in.
;*.ipv6.ernet.in IN MX mail.iitk.ipv6.ernet.in.
proxy IN A
mail IN A
mail IN AAAA :e30:1400:1:212:79ff:fe95:d21b
ns IN CNAME mail

20. Hint: IPv6 Reverse DNS Zone Builder for BIND 8/9
IPv6 Host Configuration
IPv6 DNS
A sample reverse zone file
$TTL 3d ; Default TTL
@ IN SOA 0.3.e ip6.arpa. navi.iitk.ac.in. (
; Serial number (YYYYMMdd)
24h ; Refresh time
30m ; Retry time
2d ; Expire time
3d ; Default TTL )
; Name server entries
IN NS ns.iitk.ipv6.ernet.in.
; IPv6 PTR entries
; Subnet #1 IIT - Kanpur
$ORIGIN e ip6.arpa.
b.1.2.d.5.9.e.f.f.f IN PTR mail.iitk.ipv6.ernet.in.
; Subnet #2 ERNET Delhi
$ORIGIN e ip6.arpa.
3.0.2.f.5.9.e.f.f.f IN PTR mail.eis.ipv6.ernet.in.
; End of zone file.
Hint: IPv6 Reverse DNS Zone Builder for BIND 8/9

21. IPv6 DNS IPv6 Host Configuration More in depth:
The IPv6 DNS resolution is independent from the protocol used for transport of DNS requests. For example it is possible to use IPv4 to request AAAA records.
The hosts choose a server based on the DNS address server given in the /etc/resolv.conf file. If the address of the name server in the /etc/resolv.conf is an Ipv6 one, then the hosts will make only IPv6 DNS requests.
For PCs under Windows (2000 and XP), it is not possible to use Ipv6 for DNS transport.

22. IPv6 DNS Test the DNS server using: nslookup -type=AAAA hostname
IPv6 Host Configuration
IPv6 DNS
Test the DNS server using:
nslookup -type=AAAA hostname
ping6 –H addressv6
traceroute6 addressv6
hosts –t or dig

23. IPv6/v4 Dual Stack web server
IPv6 Host Configuration
IPv6/v4 Dual Stack web server
The server configuration has no diference with the classical set up of an IPv4 server. The main configuration file is in the directory /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
The admin also has to specify the addresses and ports on which ther serverlistens, for example:
Listen :80
Listen [2001:e30::DEAD:BEEF]:80
Listen 80
Many other parameters can be added to configure the dual stack web server. The server can then be configured without taking into account the IP protocol version.

24. IPv6/v4 Dual Stack web server
IPv6 Host Configuration
IPv6/v4 Dual Stack web server
To test the web server installed, we can use any IPv6 enabled web client. There are many browsers already availble with an Ipv6 support. Mozilla, Opera or Konqueror can be used for example on computers with UNIX. For windows, IE now fully supports IPv6.
The IPv6 support in Mozilla is automatic. To be sure that Ipv6 is used for communication with a dual stack web server, it is possible to add the IPv6 addres in url using the textual format with the brackets.
Eg.

25. IPv6 Mail IPv6 Host Configuration
Most used SMTP servers support IPv6. Sendmail ( that supports IPv6 since release 8.10, Exim ( ) from release and Postfix ( ) can be patched to support IPv6.
Over the years, Sendmail has matured to the point that every feature available with IPv4 can now also be used with IPv6, for example, transfer to and from an IPv6- enabled host or server, filtering, and redirection.
We have used sendmail for this Task.

26. IPv6 Mail IPv6 Host Configuration
Edit your sendmail.cf located in /etc/mail directory
Uncomment The following lines with the appropriate IPv6 interface address just below the section SMTP daemon options
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=MTA-v4, Family=inet, Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6')dnl
Run “make –C /etc/mail” command to compile sendmail.mc file.
Restart or HUP sendmail and watch for errors
Test your smtp server using telnet ::1 25

27. IPv6 Host Configuration
IPv6 POP3 & IMAP
IPv6 IMAP an POP have been supported by many MTA’s eg. UW Imap, Courier Imap, Cyrus Imap, Dovecot, Popper etc.
For our testings we have used Dovecot IMAP Server.
Simply edit /etc/dovecot.conf file and add these two lines
imap_listen = [::]
pop3_listen = [::]

28. IPv6 Host Configuration
IPv6 POP3 & IMAP
Simply restart the dovecot demon and test your IPv6 IMAP or POP3 server by using and IPv6 compliant MUA.
There are still few IPv6 enabled SMTP, POP3 and IMAP clients. Sylpheed is a client with a graphical interface under Unix & windows that supports all these features since release More info about this software can be found at

29. IPv6 Host Configuration
IPv6 NTP
Some Ipv6 NTP servers already exist. NTP is very important as time is required for most management functions (logs, one way delay calculation….).
There is an list of IPv6 NTP servers available at:
An IPv6 release of ntpdate can be found at the following url:

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