Re: WIndows Updates Fail Via IPv6

[Lavanauts <tony () lavanauts org>]

I’m on native IPv6 via Spectrum and have no problems with Windows Updates.  Could this be a tunneling issue?

Tony

> On Nov 10, 2018, at 23:29, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu> wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> Anyone ever figured out why Windows updates fail when the computer has an IPv6 connection?
>
> Google has tickets and tickets of this to and outside of Microsoft since 2013, with no real solution or answer as to 
> what the problem actually is. In essence, many of the solutions out there point toward making sure the updates do not 
> occur over IPv6, which, in effect, is the same as disabling it.
>
> I have a family PC at home running Windows 10 Pro, and noticed updates would fail in recent months. It took me a 
> moment to realize that this started happening only after I enabled IPv6 in the TCP/IP stack. Disabling it immediately 
> solves the issue.
>
> Quite odd that this is happening in 2018...
>
> Mark.