DHCPv6 Configurable Registry Settings (Compact 7)

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3/12/2014

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IP version 6 (DHCPv6) automatically provides an Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address and other related information, such as the subnet mask and default gateway. Windows Embedded Compact 7 provides a DHCPv6 client that you can enable or disable by using the registry value in the following key. This entry is located under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Tcpip6\Parms subkey.

Name Type Description Default value

EnableDHCPv6

REG_DWORD

Boolean value that indicates whether the DHCPv6 client is enabled.

  • 1 = The DHCPv6 client is enabled.
  • 0 = The DHCPv6 client is disabled.

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You can configure additional DHCPv6 client settings through the IPv6 int command-line tool, such as whether the DHCPv6 client should attempt to obtain a stateful address or DNS server information from a DHCPv6 server.

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Reference

DHCPv6 Registry Settings
DHCPv6 Non-Configurable Registry Settings
IPv6 int