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Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems
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<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <ul><li>Operating systems that support neither DHCPv6 nor SLAAC cannot automatically configure unicast <a href="/facts/IPv6_address/azLG1gJy">IPv6 addresses</a>.</li> <li>Operating systems that support neither DHCPv6 nor ND RDNSS cannot automatically configure <a href="/facts/Name_server/pUgmBMNW">name servers</a> in an IPv6-only environment.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110127200632/http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=IPv6+FAQ">ISOC IPv6 FAQ</a> with OS tips</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Support IPv6 <a href="https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36908577" target="_blank">https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36908577</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Support connecting to IPv6-only wireless networks <a href="https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36949094" target="_blank">https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36949094</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Support for DHCPv6 (RFC 3315) <a href="https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36949085" target="_blank">https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36949085</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Cisco IOS IPv6 Command Reference - IPv6 Commands: Ipv6 mo to ipv6 ospf da [Support]". <a href="http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6/command/ipv6-cr-book/ipv6-i3.html#wp3800310030" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6/command/ipv6-cr-book/ipv6-i3.html#wp3800310030</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"IPv6 Support on MR Access Points". Cisco Meraki. 3 May 2021. <a href="https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Other_Topics/IPv6_Support_on_MR_Access_Points" target="_blank">https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Other_Topics/IPv6_Support_on_MR_Access_Points</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"IPv6 Device Compatibility". Cisco Meraki. 5 October 2020. <a href="https://documentation.meraki.com/zGeneral_Administration/Other_Topics/IPv6_Device_Compatibility" target="_blank">https://documentation.meraki.com/zGeneral_Administration/Other_Topics/IPv6_Device_Compatibility</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Fedora 9 Installation Guide Chapter 9. Network Configuration". Fedora Project. Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-02-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110225194807/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/9/html/Installation_Guide/ch-networkconfig.html#sn-network-manual-ipv6" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110225194807/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/9/html/Installation_Guide/ch-networkconfig.html#sn-network-manual-ipv6</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Fedora 9 Installation Guide Chapter 9. Network Configuration". Fedora Project. Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-02-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110225194807/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/9/html/Installation_Guide/ch-networkconfig.html#sn-network-manual-ipv6" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110225194807/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/9/html/Installation_Guide/ch-networkconfig.html#sn-network-manual-ipv6</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Fedora 9 Installation Guide Chapter 9. Network Configuration". Fedora Project. Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-02-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110225194807/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/9/html/Installation_Guide/ch-networkconfig.html#sn-network-manual-ipv6" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110225194807/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/9/html/Installation_Guide/ch-networkconfig.html#sn-network-manual-ipv6</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>FreeBSD Handbook. <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-ipv6.html" target="_blank">http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-ipv6.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>IPv6 Operating Systems. <a href="http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html" target="_blank">http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE Release Notes. <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/relnotes.html" target="_blank">http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/relnotes.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"HP-UX 11i IPv6". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2011-04-15. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110119/https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1306AA" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110119/https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1306AA</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"IBM i 7.1 Information Center, Configuring IPv6". <a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=/rzai2/rzai2configipv6.htm" target="_blank">http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=/rzai2/rzai2configipv6.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>iPhone IPv6 Debugging Simplified with Ip6config — The IPv6 Experts.net <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120626142436/http://www.theipv6experts.net/2011/iphone-ipv6-debugging-simplified-ip6config/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120626142436/http://www.theipv6experts.net/2011/iphone-ipv6-debugging-simplified-ip6config/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"DNS-server-address | ICMP Router Discovery Protocol User Guide | Juniper Networks TechLibrary". <a href="http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos14.1/topics/reference/configuration-statement/dns-server-address-edit-protocols-router-advertisement.html" target="_blank">http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos14.1/topics/reference/configuration-statement/dns-server-address-edit-protocols-router-advertisement.html</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"30588 – off topic discussion of Mageia ipv6 support". <a href="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30588" target="_blank">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30588</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>nanog: Mac OS X Lion has DHCPv6 <a href="http://seclists.org/nanog/2011/Jul/417" target="_blank">http://seclists.org/nanog/2011/Jul/417</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>nanog: Re: Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6 <a href="http://seclists.org/nanog/2011/Feb/1923" target="_blank">http://seclists.org/nanog/2011/Feb/1923</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>[RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/hampered-eyeballs Hampering Eyeballs - Observations on Two "Happy Eyeballs" Implementations] <a href="https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/hampered-eyeballs" target="_blank">https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/hampered-eyeballs</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>[IEEE Mailing List: https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/v6ops/current/msg22455.html [v6ops] Apple and IPv6 - Happy Eyeballs] <a href="https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/v6ops/current/msg22455.html" target="_blank">https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/v6ops/current/msg22455.html</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"Bug 10984 - IPv6 Support declaration". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-22. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110714065328/https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10984" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110714065328/https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10984</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"Bug 10049 - No IPv6 in handset UX". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-22. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110714065424/https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10049" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110714065424/https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10049</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"rtnl: Receive notification of RDNSS from IPv6 router advertisements".[permanent dead link] <a href="https://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git;a=commit;h=75026d7e1c1e95dcbcfaa7d05bc5787da084f4e9" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git;a=commit;h=75026d7e1c1e95dcbcfaa7d05bc5787da084f4e9</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>IPv6 Operating Systems. <a href="http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html" target="_blank">http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>Release Notes for openSUSE Leap 42.1 Archived 2016-03-29 at the Wayback Machine. <a href="https://doc.opensuse.org/release-notes/x86_64/openSUSE/Leap/42.1/" target="_blank">https://doc.opensuse.org/release-notes/x86_64/openSUSE/Leap/42.1/</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>"IPv6 support in the PlayStation 4". Tore Anderson (GitHub). 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024. 1. It supports DHCPv6. Since the DHCPv6 client runs in user space, this strongly indicates that it's a deliberate move by Sony. <a href="https://toreanderson.github.io/2016/06/15/ipv6-support-in-the-playstation-4.html" target="_blank">https://toreanderson.github.io/2016/06/15/ipv6-support-in-the-playstation-4.html</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>IPv6 Ready Logo Program Approved List. <a href="https://www.ipv6ready.org/db/index.php/public/logo/02-C-000527/" target="_blank">https://www.ipv6ready.org/db/index.php/public/logo/02-C-000527/</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>IPv6 Operating Systems. <a href="http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html" target="_blank">http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>"Oracle Solaris IPv6 Implementation - Configuring and Administering Oracle Solaris 11.1 Networks". <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E28989/ipv6-ref-83.html" target="_blank">https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E28989/ipv6-ref-83.html</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>Release Notes for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11. <a href="http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/11/#IPv6" target="_blank">http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/11/#IPv6</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>"How to Connect Your Samsung TV to Wi-Fi". Guiding Tech. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2024. You can confirm the Wi-Fi network status and check other details like IP settings, DNS settings, and IPv6 using the steps below. <a href="https://www.guidingtech.com/how-to-connect-samsung-smart-tv-to-wifi/" target="_blank">https://www.guidingtech.com/how-to-connect-samsung-smart-tv-to-wifi/</a> <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:33"><p>"Palm Pre Plus - IPv6 support". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2011-01-22. <a href="https://archive.today/20120710110656/http://developer.palm.com/distribution/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=10028" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20120710110656/http://developer.palm.com/distribution/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=10028</a> <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:34"><p>IPv6 Operating Systems. <a href="http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html" target="_blank">http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:35"><p>"DHCPv6: Dibbler - a portable DHCPv6". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2011-09-24. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212095749/http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090212095749/http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6</a> <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:36"><p>IPv6 Ready Logo Program Approved List. <a href="https://www.ipv6ready.org/db/index.php/public/search/" target="_blank">https://www.ipv6ready.org/db/index.php/public/search/</a> <a href="#fnref:36" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:37"><p>IPv6 Operating Systems. <a href="http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html" target="_blank">http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:37" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:38"><p>rdnssd-win32|Free software downloads at SourceForge.net <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdnssd-win32/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdnssd-win32/</a> <a href="#fnref:38" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:39"><p>IPv6 Ready Logo Program Approved List. <a href="https://www.ipv6ready.org/db/index.php/public/search/" target="_blank">https://www.ipv6ready.org/db/index.php/public/search/</a> <a href="#fnref:39" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:40"><p>IPv6 Operating Systems. <a href="http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html" target="_blank">http://ipv6int.net/systems/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:40" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:41"><p>"DHCPv6 Lite Registry Settings". 18 November 2015. <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa925828.aspx" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa925828.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:41" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:42"><p>"IPv6 Support in Microsoft Products and Services". 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