Re: WIndows Updates Fail Via IPv6

[Chris Knipe <savage () savage za org>]

Also no problems here with IPv6 and Windows Updates...


On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 1:42 PM Daniel Corbe <dcorbe () hammerfiber com> wrote:

> at 4:29 AM, 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.
>
> I’ve had IPv6 enabled for a while and I don’t have the same issue.  We
> also
> peer directly with Microsoft.   Are you sure it’s an IPv6 issue and not a
> general reachability issue?
>
> -Daniel

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Regards,
Chris Knipe