LKBEN11709: How to ping an ip address with ipv6 on Windows?
Symptom
You need to ping a server to check the ipv6 connection.
Cause
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Solution
On Windows, you can use the same tool to ping an ipv4 or an ipv6 server. You just need to add a parameter which default to ipv4.
#ping your own client (link local)
ping -6 localhost
#ping an ipv6 server
ping -6 servername
#ping the same server with a FQDN
ping -6 servername.domainname.com
Hope this helps.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 24-04-2024