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Alex Angas
Asked: 2011-04-08 15:48:00 +0800 CST

How to disable IPv6 on a particular network interface using Server Core?

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I have a Windows 2008 R2 Server Core machine and would like to disable IPv6 on one of its network adapters. Essentially this if there was a UI:

Adapter properties

Any ideas?

networking windows-server-core

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    There's a script for that...now.

    Replace Local Area Connection with the name of the adapter. This gets the GUID of that adapter and removes it from the value of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip6\Linkage\Bind property (uses a temp variable).

    PowerShell - Elevated privileges and might require a restart.

    $UnbindID = $(Get-WmiObject -Class 'Win32_NetworkAdapter' | Where-Object {$_.NetConnectionID -eq 'Local Area Connection'}).GUID
$LinkageKey = $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip6\Linkage').Bind | Select-String -Pattern $UnbindID -NotMatch -SimpleMatch
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip6\Linkage' -Name 'Bind' -Type MultiString -Value $LinkageKey
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  2. Registry hack, unfortunately. Really should be a netsh command, but consistency is not Redmond's forté. (source)

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters

    Create DWORD: DisabledComponents

    Set value to 0xffffffff

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