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PRACTICE Testing IPv6 Connectivity

In this practice, you will review IPv6 information in the Ipconfig output, ping a computers IPv6
LLA, and then specify a ULA for both Dcsrv1 and Boston.
Exercise 1 Reading Ipconfig Output
In this exercise, you will use the Ipconfig /all command on the Boston computer to review IPv6
settings.
1. Log on to Boston. At a command prompt, type ipconfig /all.
2. Review the output, and then answer the following questions:
a. How many local area connections are assigned to your computer?
Answer: If only one network adapter is connected to Boston, there should be three
local area connections (software interfaces) at this time: one for the Local Area
Connection corresponding to the physical network adapter, one for an ISATAP
tunnel interface, and one for a Teredo tunnel interface.
b. Which local area connection corresponds to a physical adapter on the network?
Answer: The first local area connection.
c. Which local area connection corresponds to a software interface for ISATAP?
Answer: The second local area connection on a one-adapter computer will nor-
mally be assigned to ISATAP, but your particular configuration may vary.
Note that because Boston is not communicating with an ISATAP router, the media
state for this interface is shown to be disconnected.
d. Which local area connection corresponds to a software interface for Teredo?
Answer: The third local area connection on a one-adapter computer will normally
be assigned to Teredo, but your particular configuration may vary.
Note that because Boston is not communicating on the Internet, it cannot obtain
a Teredo address. The media state is therefore described as disconnected.
e. What does the * signify when it appears after Local Area Connection?
Answer: The asterisk signifies that the local area connection represents an inter-
face for a tunneled connection.
f. How many IPv6 addresses have been assigned to the computer?
Answer: One.
g. What do the following addresses represent?
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
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Answer: These site-local addresses are used for the autodiscovery of DNS servers
when no specific DNS server address has been assigned to the local computer. To
facilitate DNS autodiscovery, you can assign these addresses to the DNS servers in
your organization.
Exercise 2 Pinging a Link-local IPv6 Address
In this exercise, you will test IPv6 connectivity from Boston to Dcsrv1 by pinging Dcsrv1s IPv6
address. To do so, you will also specify the Boston adapters zone ID.
1. Log on to Dcsrv1. At a command prompt, type ipconfig.
Note the link-local IPv6 address assigned to Dcsrv1.
2. If you are not able to view the monitors of Dcsrv1 and Boston side by side, write down
the LLA of Dcsrv1s local area connection on a piece of scratch paper. Do not copy the
zone ID (the % sign with a number following it).
3. Log on to Boston and open a command prompt.
4. At the command prompt, type ipconfig.
Note the link-local Ipv6 address assigned to Boston and note the zone ID appended to
it. You will use this zone ID in the next step.
5. At the command prompt, type ping IPv6addressZoneID, where IPv6address = Dcsrv1s
IPv6 address and ZoneID = the zone ID assigned to the local area connection on Boston.
For example, if the LLA on Dcsrv1 is fe80::1d63:a395:1442:30f0 and the zone ID
assigned to the LLA in Bostons local area connection is %10, type the following:
ping fe80::1d63:a395:1442:30f0%10
6. You will see four replies from Dcsrv1s IPv6 address.
Exercise 3 Assigning a Unique Local Address
In this exercise, you assign a ULA to the local area connection on both Dcsrv1 and Boston.
1. While you are logged on to Dcsrv1 as an administrator, open the Run box, type ncpa.cpl,
and then press Enter.
2. Open the properties of the local area connection, and then double-click Internet Proto-
col Version 6 (TCP/IPv6).
3. In the Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) Properties dialog box, select Use The Fol-
lowing IPv6 Address, and then specify the following settings:
IPv6 address: fd00::1
Subnet prefix length: 64
Default gateway: (leave empty)
Preferred DNS server: (leave empty)
Alternate DNS server: (leave empty)
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4. Click OK.
5. In the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box, click OK.
6. Perform steps 1-5 on Boston, specifying an IPv6 address of fd00::2.
7. On Boston, open a command prompt, and type ping fd00::1.
You will see four replies from the address fd00::1.
8. At the command prompt, type ipconfig, and then answer the following questions:
a. What is the name assigned to the address fd00::2?
Answer: IPv6 Address
b. Is a LLA still specified?
Answer: Yes. Unlike APIPA addresses in IPv4, LLAs in IPv6 are not replaced by
other addresses.
9. Log off both computers.