ipv6 only Deactivated

[sully210]

I have installed xampp on my computer and when I click the status link in the menu it says that everything is activated except for ipv6??? I have been through the search process and cannot seem to find an answer anywhere that applies to my situation. I am running XP and can only find solutions for vista which do not work. Please help me as I have other huge problems to solve with dreamweaver and opencart
Thank you in advance and when I do wrap my head around all this I will certainly contribute some tutorials.

Best-

Sully

[JonB]

Bingo - the ninja geek strikes

You are on WHAT OS?

THIMK! Was IPv6 around much when XP was designed?

NOPE! So by default, no direct support in XP (Vista & Win 7 == Yes) Look in properties on your NIC... No Place to configure IPv6! The IPv6 specification was only formally adopted in 1998.

Answer(s) --

http://forums.techarena.in/networking-s ... 098260.htm

Google "IPv6 support in XP"

Good Luck
(now where is my Magic Wand smiley?)

I should add - this is untested server geek speculation, but I think when you configure the stack -- XAMMP will recognize it.
BUT I AM sure that is why it is NOT ON now. (if I have time after finishing server fixes for a client I will give it a whirl later this week myself.)

[sully210]

Thank you. I really wouldn't know things like that. I like XP and cannot afford to change OS right now:-( This is all a bit Greek to me so I apologize for my ignorance. What will the consequence be if I just leave it as is for now because I have other huge problems to deal with trying to get OpenCart and Dreamweaver to dance with XAMPP and Arvixe hosting.
Thanks Again.

Sully

[JonB]

No consequences whatever under normal circumstances, basically IPv6 is the next generation of IP addressing schemes.

Put it out of your mind for a good long time and enjoy yourself working on your projects.