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I have a Windows 7 PC (Name: Bbloomfield) on the network that receives IP address from the DHCP server from the Domain Controller. The IP address is 192.168.1.74 and computer name is "BBloomfield.nxxxco.com".
When I ping the computer name from this computer, it displays IPv6 address as shown below instead of 192.168.1.74 . However when I ping the computer name from another computer on the same network, it returns 192.168.1.74.
DNS server shows 192.168.1.74 as seen above.
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C:\Users\rab>ping bbloomfield.nxxxco.com
Pinging BBloomfield.nxxxco.com [fe80::80a2:cb53:35ad:3eda
ta:
Reply from fe80::80a2:cb53:35ad:3eda%
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C:\Users\rab>IPCONFIG /ALL
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::80a2:cb53:35ad:3eda%
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.74(Preferred)
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Is this because IPv6 is enabled on TCP/IP property window? We do not use IPv6 at all. There are less than 15 PCs in the office. Should I disable IPv6 on each computer TCP/IP properties? Is there a downside for disabling IPv6?
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Based on articles given above, IPv6 does not seem to apply on a 15 computer network.