Convert the IPv6 test lab to IPv6-only

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These hands-on exercises are designed for the Microsoft IPv6 course from the Microsoft Virtual Academy. They demonstrate converting the IPv6 test lab, which has been configured to support a dual stack environment (both IPv4 and IPv6), into an IPv6-only environment. You can use this environment to test applications to ensure that they will work properly in an IPv6-only environment.

These hands-on exercises assume that you have built the following IPv6 test lab based on the Hands-on exercises for Module 6: DNS for IPv6 article.

To convert the IPv6 test lab to IPv6-only, you disable the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) for each network adapter on each virtual machine.

From the Hyper-V manager, connect to DC1, and then sign in with the CORP\User1 account. On DC1, run the following command at an administrator-level Windows PowerShell command prompt:

Disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Ethernet -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

 

From the Hyper-V manager, connect to RTR1, and then sign in with the CORP\User1 account. On RTR1, run the following commands at an administrator-level Windows PowerShell command prompt:

Disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Corpnet -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

Disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Corpnet2 -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

 

From the Hyper-V manager, connect to APP1, and then sign in with the CORP\User1 account. On APP1, run the following command at an administrator-level Windows PowerShell command prompt:

Disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Ethernet -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

 

From the Hyper-V manager, connect to DNS2, and then sign in with the CORP\User1 account. On DNS2, run the following command at an administrator-level Windows PowerShell command prompt:

Disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Ethernet -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

 

From the Hyper-V manager, connect to CLIENT1, and then sign in with the CORP\User1 account. On CLIENT1, run the following command at an administrator-level Windows PowerShell command prompt:

Disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Ethernet -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

 

This is your new network configuration.

This procedure verifies Windows-based infrastructure and application services on an IPv6-only network.

  1. Using the Hyper-V Manager, change CLIENT1's network adapter to use the Corpnet2 virtual switch.
  2. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, run ipconfig /renew until you get IPv6 addresses that start with "2001:db8:0:2".
  3. Run nltest /dsgetdc: /force. Note that the domain controller found is DC1 using its IPv6 address.
  4. Run ping app1.corp.contoso.com. You should see four successful replies.
  5. Run Internet Explorer. In the Address bar, type http://app1.corp.contoso.com/, and then press ENTER.  You should see the default IIS 7 web page for APP1. Close Internet Explorer.
  6. Click Start, type \app1\Files, and then press ENTER. You should see a folder window with the contents of the Files shared folder.
  7. In the Files shared folder window, double-click the Example.txt file. You should see the contents of the Example.txt file. Close the example.txt - Notepad and the Files shared folder windows.

 

To restore IPv4 in the IPv6 test lab, use these steps.

On DC1, run the following command at an administrator-level Windows PowerShell command prompt:

Enable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Ethernet -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

 

On RTR1, run the following commands at an administrator-level Windows PowerShell command prompt:

Enable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Corpnet -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

Enable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Corpnet2 -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

 

On APP1, run the following command at an administrator-level Windows PowerShell command prompt:

Enable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Ethernet -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

 

On DNS2, run the following command at an administrator-level Windows PowerShell command prompt:

Enable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Ethernet -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

 

On CLIENT1, run the following command at an administrator-level Windows PowerShell command prompt:

Enable-NetAdapterBinding -Name Ethernet -DisplayName "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"

To continue learning about IPv6, see the resources on the  IPv6 Survival Guide.