# IPv6 # IPv6 CLI commands ### IPv6 Commands Below are the most important helpful commands for checking and diagnosing the IPv6 environment #### Windows 8 / 10
CommandFunction
**ipconfig /all**displays all interface details
**ping ::1**Test IPv6 protocol host internally (localhost)
**netsh interface ipv6 show interface**Interface status (all) and IPv6 addresses
**netsh interface ipv6 showaddress**IPv6 addresses including validity displays
**netsh interface ipv6 show privacy** **netsh interface ipv6 show global**See [IPv6 Configuration and Privacy Extensions](https://wiki.linuxnet.ch/bin/view/Networking/IPv6/IPv6/)
**netsh interface ipv6 show route** **route print -6** Show IPv6 routing table
**netsh interface ipv6 show neighbors**Mapping IPv6 addresses to MAC addresses
**netsh interface ipv6 show destination**Destination cache incl. PMTU values
**netsh interface ipv6 dump**show all changes
**netsh interface ipv6 reset**reset all changes
#### Linux
CommandFunction
**ifconfig -a** **ifconfig eth0 | grep inet6**displays all interface details ETH0 only IPv6 addresses
**ping6 ::1**Test IPv6 protocol host internally (localhost)
**ip -6 address show** **ip -6 maddr show**Interface status (all) and IPv6 addresses show multicast groups
**netsh interface ipv6 showaddress**IPv6 addresses including validity displays
**ip -6 route show** **route -A inet6 -n**Show IPv6 routing table
**ip -6 neighb show**Mapping IPv6 addresses to MAC addresses
**ip -6 route get to {ipv6\_addr}**Destination cache incl. PMTU values
**test -f /proc/net/if\_inet6 && echo**check if IPv6 is active
#### macOS since 10.7
CommandFunction
**ifconfig -a** **ifconfig -L**displays all interface details shows the period of validity of the addresses
**ping6 ::1** **traceroute6 {ipv6-host}**Test IPv6 protocol host internally (localhost)
**netstat-f inet**show all IPv6 connections
**netstat -g**show multicast groups
**netstat -rnf inet6**Show IPv6 routing table
**ndp -a**Mapping IPv6 addresses to MAC addresses
**dscacheutil -flushcache**clear DNS cache
**nettop -n -m route**View routing statistics in real time
**nettop -n**Show TCP & UDP sockets in real time