“ipv6 equivalent” of 192.168.x.x (configuring a static ipv6 address)

ipv6windows-server-2008

Background: I have a windows 2008 machine and I want to make it a Domain Controller in a test domain made of two virtual machines. dcpromo pops up a warning if IP addresses for the machine are not statically configured. Disabling IPv6 is not an option since it's required by Exchange, which in turn is a prerequisite for the software I must test.

The question: How should I configure the IPv6 properties of the network adapter to use a static ipv6 address? what is the "ipv6 equivalent" of a static 192.168.x.x ipv4 address?

Best Answer

I used this page: http://www.simpledns.com/private-ipv6.aspx. it explained what the others are saying about it not really being required, but helped me "make something up".

I needed to supply a static IPv6 address to my IPv6-enabled DHCP server in Windows Server 2008 R2.