# IPv6 # IPv6 CLI commands ### IPv6 Commands Below are the most important helpful commands for checking and diagnosing the IPv6 environment #### Windows 8 / 10
Command | Function |
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**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 |
Command | Function |
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**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 |
Command | Function |
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**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 |