Configuring IPv6 on Windows Server 2012

To begin using IPv6 on your organization’s internal network, deploying a DHCP server and manually configuring IP addresses on servers and network devices is a good place to start. A few things to consider when designing your IPv6 network include selecting the IPv6 prefixes for local and remote sites, and determining how clients will be assigned addresses (DHCP or manually) and how or if you will route IPv6 traffic between sites and how IPv6 hostnames will be resolved. A simple IPv6 implementation consists of static or manually configured IPv6 addresses on servers and network devices, an IPv6 DHCP server for client workstations, an IPv6 DNS reverse lookup zone, and IPv6 subnet definitions in Active Directory ...

Get Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.