Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems: Difference between revisions

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! OS !! Version !! IPv6 ready claimed? !! Default installed? !! [[DHCPv6]] !! RDNSS || Notes

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| [[Windows 7]]

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| {{yes}}<ref name="dhcpv6">[http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html IPv6 Operating Systems].</ref>

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| Command-line configuration only

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| {{no}}<ref>http://lists.apple.com/archives/ipv6-dev/2009/Jul/msg00010.html</ref>
| [[DNS]] name resolution fails for hosts with a [[CNAME]] record, which most public servers have.<ref>[http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/09/there-is-no-plan-b-why-the-ipv4-to-ipv6-transition-will-be-ugly.ars There is no Plan B: why the IPv4-to-IPv6 transition will be ugly]</ref> Snow Leopard supports neither [[DHCPv6]] nor [[ICMPv6|RDNSS]],<ref>http://lists.apple.com/archives/ipv6-dev/2009/Jul/msg00010.html</ref> so DNS servers must be specified manually.

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| [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]

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| [[Ubuntu Linux]]

| 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)

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