Windows

Windows 7 IPv6 auto-assignment fix

For some reason, Microsoft decided that Windows 7 would autoconfigure IPv6 using a random identifier (not the MAC address / EUI-64) – they went on to decide that it would randomly assign temporary addresses which change constantly.  This is an admin nightmare, not to mention *awful* when it comes to assigning DNS.

So, here’s how to make Windows 7 behave as per every other OS…

1. Open up a Command Prompt in Administrator mode (right-click, run as administrator)

2. Run the following commands.  Each one should respond “Ok".  If you didn’t do step 1 correctly, it will say the command required elevation.

netsh interface ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=active
netsh interface ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=persistent
netsh interface ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=active
netsh interface ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=persistent

3. Exit the command prompt, and reboot.