This is a comparison of

operating system An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also in ...

s in regard to their support of the

IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communication protocol, communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic ...

protocol.

Notes

*Operating systems that support neither DHCPv6 nor SLAAC cannot automatically configure unicast

IPv6 address An Internet Protocol Version 6 address (IPv6 address) is a numeric label that is used to identify and locate a network interface of a computer or a network node participating in a computer network using IPv6. IP addresses are included in the pac ...

es. *Operating systems that support neither DHCPv6 nor ND RDNSS cannot automatically configure

name server A name server refers to the server component of the Domain Name System (DNS), one of the two principal namespaces of the Internet. The most important function of DNS servers is the translation (resolution) of human-memorable domain names (example. ...

s in an IPv6-only environment.

References

External links

ISOC IPv6 FAQ
with OS tips {{IPv6 IPv6 Computing comparisons IPv6 support