This script elevates to Administrator if needed and then toggles IPv6 support on the adaptor specified depending on what it currently is
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | # Self-elevate the script if requiredif (-Not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] 'Administrator')) { if ([int](Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty BuildNumber) -ge 6000) { $CommandLine = "-File `"" + $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path + "`" " + $MyInvocation.UnboundArguments Start-Process -FilePath PowerShell.exe -Verb Runas -ArgumentList $CommandLine Exit }}$adapter = "Ethernet 2"$enabled = (Get-NetAdapterBinding -ComponentID ms_tcpip6 -Name $adapter).Enabledif ($enabled) { Write-Host "Disabling IPv6 on Ethernet 2" Disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name $adapter -ComponentID ms_tcpip6}else { Write-Host "Enabling IPv6 on Ethernet 2" Enable-NetAdapterBinding -Name $adapter -ComponentID ms_tcpip6}#output the current state of IPv6 SupportGet-NetAdapterBinding -ComponentID ms_tcpip6 -Name $adapter# output the current IP AddressesGet-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet | Select IPAddress$sleep = 5Write-Host "`n`n"Write-Host Sleeping $sleepStart-Sleep -Seconds $sleep |
Check you have an IPv6 address or not with:
1 | Get-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet | Select IPAddress |
Output
1 2 3 4 5 6 | IPAddress---------fe80::5d5d:9fdd:f6e2:2066%232407:3200:31e:2ae0:fbbe:f8ef:7ec3:75e12407:3200:31e:2ae0:e857:e8ef:de58:794810.19.14.19 |
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