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= How to enable IPv6 on IIS? =
IPv6 is partally supported in IIS 6.0 with WIndows Server 2003. If IPv6 is configured on the machine, IIS will answer queries of IPv6 without additional configuration. A restart of IIS is required if IPv6 is enabled while IIS is running.

To check the correct operation of ISS, either use IPv6 enabled browser (Internet Explorer does not support [[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2732.txt|RFC 2732]] style literal IPv6 addresses in URL, only IPv6 addresses via name resolution!) or use the netstat -an command: {{attachment:IIS-lsiten.png}}

= What are the differeces between IPv4 and IPv6 IIS? =
 * IPv6 is only supported for http / https.
 * IIS maanger user interface does not support IPv6 addresses
 * IP address restriction does not work for IPv6