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Install the IPv6 stack before IPv6 will work for any software. Prior to installing the IPv6 stack, check to see if IPv6 is configured on your system by using the following commands according to platform:

Table 1. IPv6 stack installation platforms and commands

Platform	Commands
Microsoft™ Windows™ platforms	ipconfig /all
All other platforms	ifconfig -a

After installing IPv6, use that same command to verify that IPv6 is available.

Microsoft Windows 2003 server platform

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To enable IPv6 on the Microsoft Windows 2003 server platform, use

netsh interface ipv6 install

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Microsoft Windows XP client

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To enable IPv6 on the Microsoft Windows XP client, use

netsh interface ipv6 install

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AIX platform

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To enable IPv6 on the IBM® AIX® platform, enter

ifconfig le0 inet6 plumb up

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United Linux platform

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IPv6 is enabled by default on the United Linux™ platform.

Zones

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In the IPv6 standard, when link local address and site local address are used, an additional parameter is required to specify the interface on which the address is valid. In the API, this additional parameter is called the scope_id; in user documentation, the parameter is called the zone. In IBM Notes® and IBM Domino®, use the format address string followed by the percent sign (%) followed by the zone.

On Microsoft Windows, the zone is an integer index into the interface list with the first interface being zone one.

Note the following information regarding zones:

• Zones are mandatory on Windows for link local addresses.
• Zones are mandatory on Linux for link local addresses.
• Zones are not required on AIX .
• A zone is NOT a characteristic of the target system, but rather a characteristic of the source system; therefore, never attempt to put a zone into DNS, in a hosts file, or in a global data store such as the Domino Directory.
• If a computer has only a single network interface, you can use the NOTES.INI variable TCP_DEFAULTZONE to provide a default zone for all link local addresses.

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