Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems

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This is a comparison of operating systems in regards to their support of the IPv6 protocol.

OS Version IPv6 ready claimed? Default installed? DHCPv6 RDNSS Notes
Windows 7 Windows 7 Yes[1] Yes Yes[2] No
Windows XP SP2 Yes[3] No Addon[2] No Command-line configuration only.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Yes[1] Yes No[2] No[4] DNS name resolution in Snow Leopard fails for hosts with a CNAME record.[5] (Most publicly-accessible hosts have CNAME records.) Snow Leopard supports neither DHCPv6 nor RDNSS, so DNS servers must be specified manually.
FreeBSD 7.1 Yes[1] Yes Addon[2] No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Yes[1] Yes Yes[2] Yes
Ubuntu Linux 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Yes Yes Yes Yes

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