Setup Network

This step is to establish IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity between computers A and B, connected directly over an Ethernet cable.

Enter the following commands to configure computer A (these are Windows XP specific):

# configure IPv4 address on Ethernet interface
netsh interface ip add address "IEEE802.3" 10.1.0.1 255.255.0.0
 
# configure IPv6 address on Ethernet interface
netsh interface ipv6 add address "IEEE802.3" aaaa::1

Enter the following commands to configure computer B (these are Windows Vista specific):

# configure IPv4 address on Ethernet interface
netsh interface ip add address "IEEE802.3" 10.1.0.2 255.255.0.0

# configure IPv6 address on Ethernet interface
netsh interface ipv6 add address "IEEE802.3" aaaa::2

Verify connectivity by pinging in both directions, using both IPv4 and IPv6:

From computer A:

# using IPv4
ping 10.1.0.2

# using IPv6
ping aaaa::2

From computer B:

# using IPv4
ping 10.1.0.1
 
# using IPv6
ping aaaa::1