RE: Windows CE6.0 with IPv6

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Windows CE 4.1 onwards support IPv6. Windows CE support for IPv6 is limited
to stateless address autoconfiguration, and there is no support for stateful
address autoconfiguration [ie, using DHCPv6 server]. However it supports
stateless DHCPv6 where-in the device can get configuration information from a
DHCPv6 server (like DNS IPv6 address, etc). The discussions mentioned in the
link provided by you doesn't seem to be correct. See the Microsoft
documentation at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa916766.aspx. I
checked this in Windows CE 5.0 and Windows Mobile 5.0. Stateless address
autoconfiguration of global addresses worked fine using router advertisements.

Best regards,
Sandeep


"Shariq" wrote:

Hi,

I have obtained a 180 days trial edition of platform builder plug-in for
Microsoft visual studio 2005. Then i went on to build an ARM based Windows
CE6.0 OS image. During the build process i enabled the TCP/IPv6 stack, a
command shell and user space software like "ipconfig, ping etc. etc.”

In order to test my OS image I loaded the OS image in device emulator 2.0. I
modified the device emulator 2.0 settings to bind the ce6.0 device's network
card to my host machine's (windows xp based) wireless card.

Then in command prompt of the ce6.0 device I typed "ipconfig" to check my
addresses. I can observe that I have a link local IPv6 address but no global
IPv6 address.

My host machine is connected to an Access Point that advertises global IPv6
address via router advertisement. However, my CE6.0 does not get a global
IPv6 address. Then i checked on the internet to find if people have the same
problem. Extensive search led me to the following forum:

http://forums.pocketpcfaq.com/viewtopic.php?p=50382&sid=f6e8cbe8b72e215f615394b59291bd22

The forum discussion suggests that CE 6.0 does not support stateless IPv6
address configuration and we must use DHCPv6. So I set up a dhcpv6 server,
connected it to an Access Point. I also installed a DHCPv6 client on my host
machine and it can get IPv6 address but my CE6.0 device is unable to get an
IPv6 address.

Should I also install DHCPv6 client on my windows CE6.0 device? If so how
will i go about doing it?

Does the emulator have anything to do with my problem?

Thanks,
Shariq
.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: Windows CE6.0 with IPv6
    ... but no IPv6 specific messages orriginated from the Windows ... Not very sure how it works in an emulator, ... and dhcpv6l.dll. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsce.embedded)
  • RE: Windows CE6.0 with IPv6
    ... Not very sure how it works in an emulator, that too Windows CE 6.0. ... Yes, Mobile IPv6 is supported in Windows CE, though they haven't mentioned ... and dhcpv6l.dll. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsce.embedded)
  • RE: Windows CE6.0 with IPv6
    ... If stateless address auto configuration is indeed ... But if the problem is really device emulator specific then how else can I ... other IPv6 related protocols might have been added. ... At least I can confirm that Mobile IPv6 protocol is present in Windows CE6.0 ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsce.embedded)