Microsoft KB Archive/828999

= Use the Netsh command-line tool to configure the IPv6 protocol instead of using the IPv6.exe utility =

Article ID: 828999

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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Introduction
Microsoft recommends that users of Microsoft Windows XP-based computers (Service Pack 1 and later releases) use the Netsh command-line tool (Netsh.exe) to configure Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). Microsoft recommends that you use Netsh for IPv6 instead of using the IPv6.exe utility. Netsh for Interface IPv6 is included in the Networking Pack. You can use Netsh to query and configure IPv6 interfaces, address, caches, and routes.



MORE INFORMATION
Netsh is a command-line scripting interface. You can use Netsh to configure and monitor Windows XP networking.

For more information about Netsh, see Windows XP Help and Support. To do so, click Start, click Help and Support, type using netsh in the Search box, and then press ENTER to view the topics.

For additional information about IPv6, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/ipv6

For additional information about the Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

817778 Overview of the Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP

For information about how to map Ipv6.exe commands to their netsh equivalents, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726950.aspx

Keywords: kbinfo kbprb KB828999

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