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Lab - Ins
stalling the IPv6
6 Protoc
col and A
Assignin
ng Host Addres
sses
w
with Winndows XPX
O
Objectives
Part 1: Install the IPv6
6 Protocol on a Windows
s XP PC
Install the IPv6 pro
otocol.
mine IPv6 address informattion.
Exam
Part 2: Us
se the Netwo
ork Shell (netsh) Utility
Work inside the ne
etsh utility.
Config
gure a static IPv6
I address on the local-area networkk (LAN) interfa
ace.
Exit th
he netsh utilitty.
Displa
ay IPv6 addre
ess informatio
on using netsh.
Issue netsh instruc he command prompt.
ctions from th

B
Backgroun
nd / Scenarrio
The Intern
net Protocol Version
V 6 (IPvv6) is not enabled by defau ult in Window
ws XP. Window ws XP includees IPv6
implemenntation, but the
e IPv6 protoccol must be installed. XP do oes not providde a way to cconfigure IPv6
6 static
addressess from the Graphical User Interface (GU UI), so all IPv6
6 static addre
ess assignme ents must be ddone
using the Network She ell (netsh) utility.
In this lab
b, you will install the IPv6 protocol on a Windows
W XP PC. You will then assign a static IPv6 a
address
to the LANN interface.

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Required Resources
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1 Window
ws XP PC

P
Part 1: In
nstall the
e IPv6 Pro
otocol on
n a Windo
ows XP PC
In Part 1, you will install the IPv6 pro
otocol on a PC running Wiindows XP. Y
You will also u
use two comm
mands to
view the IPv6 addresse es assigned to the PC.

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Step 1: Ins
stall the IPv6 protocol.
ompt window, type ipv6 in
From the command pro nstall to installl the IPv6 pro
otocol.

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Step 2: Examine IPv6 Address In
nformation.
Use the ip
pconfig /all command
c to view
v IPv6 add
dress informattion.

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s XP

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Part 2: Use
U the Network Shell
S (nets
sh) Utility
y
Network Shell
S (netsh) is a command-line utility in ncluded with W
Windows XP and newer W Windows operrating
systems, such as Vista a and Window ws 7. It allows you to configgure the IPv6 address information on yoour LAN.
In Part 2, you will use the
t netsh utility to configurre static IPv6 address information on a Windows XP P PC LAN
interface. You will also use the nets
sh utility to dis
splay the PC LAN interfacee IPv6 addresss information
n.

S
Step 1: Wo
ork inside th
he Network
k Shell utility
y.
a. From the command d prompt wind
dow, type nettsh and presss Enter to sta
art the netsh u
utility. The co
ommand
promp
pt changes fro
om C:\> to ne
etsh>.

b. At the er a question mark (?) and

e prompt, ente d press Enter to provide the
e list of availa
able paramete
ers.

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c. Type interface ? and

a press Entter to provide the list of inte
erface comma
ands.

Note: You can use e the questionn mark (?) at any

a level in th he netsh utilitty to list the a
available optio
ons. The
up arrrow can be us
sed to scroll through
t previoous netsh co ommands. The e netsh utilityy also allows you to
abbre
eviate comma ands, as long as the abbrev viation is uniq
que.

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s XP

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Step 2: Co
onfigure a sttatic IPv6 address on the
t LAN inte
erface.
To add a static IPv6 ad ddress to the LAN interface
e, issue the in
nterface ipv6
6 add addres
ss command ffrom
inside the
e netsh utility..

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Step 3: Dis
splay IPv6 address
a info
ormation us
sing the nettsh utility.
You can display
d IPv6 address
a inform
mation using the
t interface
e ipv6 show a
address com
mmand.

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Step 4: Exit the netsh
h utility.
Use the exit
e command
d to exit from the
t netsh utillity.

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Step 5: Iss
sue netsh in
nstructions from the co
ommand prrompt.
All netsh instructions can
c be entereed from the co
ommand prom he netsh utility, by preceding the
mpt, outside th
instruction
n with the nettsh command
d.

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s XP

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Reflection
1
1. How woulld you renew your LAN inte
erface addres
ss information
n from the nettsh utility?
Hint: Use
e the question mark (?) for help in obtain
ning the param
meter sequen
nce.

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