IPv6 connection problems

Windows XP Pro.

When I connect to the net using my 56 Dial up, it connects ok but shortly afterwards, before any page is displayed, the dial-up box appears again asking me to connect again even though I am already connected. At the same time, the web page which I requested shows "Page could not be found" message.

However, when I click on Connect again, it says "Unable to establish a connection" .

So I disconnect from my current connection but on screen, it shows I am still connected (PC icon in sys Tray and Unable to establish a connection continues to appear).

At the same time, the windows interface reverts back to the old classic interface without me asking it to do so.

I checked in the event viewer and it mentioned something about IPv6.

Any Ideas?

 

Just a shot in the dark, did you install this recently available Windows Update?

 

I don't know. How do I check to see if I did?

 

Go to Windows Update and click view installation history on the left side, or the long route.

 

I cant see it in the Installation History but I do see a Hotfix folder in my registry and the Dword value is set to 1.

What do I do now?

 

If you do have a subfolder under the hotfix key named KB817778, I would recommend following the instructions in the first link to remove it, if you don't need it;

or follow the instructions to properly configure it.

 

I have a network between my Laptop and Desktop. It uses Wireless Peer to Peer signals to communicate. Do you think I need this advanced update?

 

No, I don't think so. If someone else thinks otherwise, they'll undoubtedly post in. Should uninstalling it cause other problems, you could always reinstall.

 

That protocol is used in an office network. For home use it isn't necessary, it is overkill. I put it on one machine when it came out and never used it. It did keep popping up in event viewer after I uninstalled it. It also shows up in Services.msc. So I found this.
1.. Log on to the Windows XP computer with a user account that has local
administrator privileges.
2.. Open a command prompt. From the Windows XP desktop, click Start, point
to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
3.. At the command prompt, type:
ipv6 uninstall

 

how about uninstalling though add/remove programs in control panel. Will that do?

 

Heck if it is in there, yes. It has been awhile, I have since done a clean install and can't remember. It should be a protocol in Network Connections so uninstall it there. Mine was if you can't get it to go away. It never gave me any problems, I just didn't need it.

 

Jetheat,

I have to ask. Are you allowing Windows Update to run automatically? If so, you shouldn't! Things sometimes get installed that you don't need or want or cause problems. Use the Critical Update Notification available from Microsoft and always review and select updates to be installed.

BTW, the update in question may or may not be causing the current problem, but it's worth trying.

 

Its actually asking me before it updates so thats good.

At the moment, the problem isn't happening but as soon as it does again, I'll remove that update.


Thanks all for your help

 

Jetheat (and anybody else whose thinking about or confused about IP version 6)

At this point, no normal person needs it. Usually we think of a version update as a good thing. But in this case, it's lots more than a version update thing. It's a whole new way of IP addressing that will expand the number of available IP addresses so that, if I remember a few things I've read, each man, woman, child, dog, cat, and most fish on the planet can have 200 or so IP addresses all their very own and we'll still have lots left over.

But it really hasn't happened yet. The internet is still running on IPv4. Local and Wide Area networks are still running IPv4. Lots of the machines (PCs, servers, routers, etc.) around now can't even understand IPv6.

In theory, IPv6 is smart enough to notice older v4 systems and speak to them in a language they understand but .......

Briefly, with IPv4 we have an ip address that consists of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (4 octets of numbers) - the familiar 192.169.0.1 being an example as would be 192.168.147.253 or 10.120.0.23 or any similar address.

IPv6 uses larger xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx addresses but at this time, unless you know you need it (and there may be corporate networks somewhere using it) or unless you are doing development work with it, you don't want it.

 

Thanks for that explanation Newt. I knew there had to be a good reason I never accepted the update.

 

Yikes!!!!

I have been getting the IPv6 error message in event viewer.

So, since reading this post, I figure to remove it. Go to add remove programs, Advanced Networking Pack for Windows, and click remove.

Get a message: "If you remove advanced networking pack for windows the following programs might not work properly: "

It then goes on to list every program I have that uses the internet.

Anybody removed this and still connect????

Martin

 

Martin, the way "Catastrophe" has been acting lately, who cares? Just click for fun and see what happens!

After the reinstall, do not allow MS to auto-update. Set it to prompt. Make sure you review each fix and patch before you permit it to download and install.

Johanna
btw, I thought you were staying out of the event viewer for awhile?

 

I never said I would stay out of event viewer! I said I was sorry I ever looked in there. Now I am compelled, by some unknown force, to look in there on every boot, it is part of the mentall illness we discussed earlier.

Listen Johanna, I have been trying to avoid a clean reinstall now for at least a couple of years , I don't mind the reinstall of Windows, it is all those programs I have tweaked and set up to my liking. And all the trouble I've had with perifials and RAID boot. So, don't encourage me to be reckless with that devil may care attitude of yours.

I mean, all I'm doing is looking for a little handholding, I'd hate to destroy this machine with one click of the mouse.

But in retrospect, if I uninstall that advanced networking package and I'm never able to get back on the internet, I may very well be doing everybody on this board a favor.

Martin

 

Hi Martin!

I think if you look back at maggies posts in this thread, you'll see that she uninstalled that update without any further connectivity problems. I think your safe. (Fingers crossed for you )

 

I didn't realize I could get in from Add/Remove so I just uninstalled the protocol in network connections. I hadn't done any configuring in there and wanted it gone. It didn't change anything. My network worked fine. It does show up in services.msc also so I disabled it there. I noticed it showing up in event viewer as trying to start that might have been when I disabled it. It wasn't a big deal. I found that fix in a microsoft newsgroup for networking.