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Disabling IPv6 in Vista

As part of troubleshooting the Cisco VPN with my Vista system, I’ve been asked to “turn off” IPv6, just in case. I decided to take the comprehensive approach, as described in the IPv6 for Microsoft Windows FAQ, and use the registry: Add the following registry value (DWORD type) set to 0xFFFFFFFF: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\DisabledComponents This method disables [...]

Posted 08 September 2008 † Geoff § Posts ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

VPN trouble in Waterman Café

I connected to Cat’s PAWS in the Waterman Café, and then ran the VPN client. I logged in and got connected. I received a GMail notification of an incoming message, and then started my mail client. Outlook couldn’t connect to imap.uvm.edu. I tried Thunderbird, which couldn’t connect either. Then I realized that none of my [...]

Posted 02 July 2008 † Geoff § Posts ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,