Configuring IPv6 - CompTIA Network+ N10-007 Prof Messer

[steve]

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Part of the Seventh Generation Prof Messer CompTIA Network+ N10-007 Certification Training Series

[mary]

When using ipconfig on a network I've seen the IPV4 and IPV6 addresses shown at the same workstation. Sometimes it shows IPV4 (preferred). Why is that?

[Dashrender]

@mary said in Configuring IPv6 - CompTIA Network+ N10-007 Prof Messer:

When using ipconfig on a network I've seen the IPV4 and IPV6 addresses shown at the same workstation. Sometimes it shows IPV4 (preferred). Why is that?

I don't have a specific reasoning - but I'm guessing it's because the computer received a DHCP reply on IPv4 - so the computer assumes that IPv4 is the primary way this network wants to communicate.