Administrative Template files are used to populate user interface settings in the Group Policy Object Editor... Read More
IPv6 global addresses are equivalent to Public IP addresses in IPv4 and are globally reachable on the IPv6 portion of the Internet. The global IPv6 address structure is divided into three parts, the Public and Private routing part, and the host identification within a LAN. These parts add up to 128 bits which are structured as follows: The first 48... Read More
Pv6 Link-Local Addresses (LLAs) are similar to APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing) addresses in Windows IPv4 based systems. APIPA addresses are self-configured, non-routable addresses in the range of 169.254.0.0/16. But unlike APIPA addresses, LLA addresses remain assigned to an interface as a secondary address even after a routable address is obtained for that interface. An LLA address always begins with... Read More
Organizations are looking into the details of IPv6 and see if they are ready to shift from IPv4. For instance, IPv6 has a new header format, and hence, IPv4 routers that have not been designed to support IPv6 cannot parse the fields in the IPv6 header. On the other hand, Layer 2 protocols are not affected where internal switches and... Read More
IPv6 Unique Local addresses (ULAs) are equivalent of private addresses in IPv4 that is, 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, and 192.168.0.0/16. These addresses are routable between subnets on a private network but are not routable on the public Internet. They allow you to create complex internal networks without having public address space assigned. ULAs begin with the prefix "fd" and their structure is... Read More
In Windows 2k8 servers you can install DFS by adding the role service from Server Manager by right-clicking Roles\File Services and then selecting Add Role Services. Also, you can add DFS while installing File Services using the Add Roles wizard. DFS Namespaces enables you to group shared folders that are located on different servers into one or more logically structured... Read More
In a previous blog post we have seen how to export print queues and printer settings to a file – Migrating Printers in Windows server 2008. Now, let's see how to import print queues and printer settings from the file created by the export procedure. Follow these steps: In Server Manager, right click Print Management and then choose Migrate Printers... Read More
You can install a DNS server on a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 using the command line to perform the installation part and a remote connection to configure and manage DNS services. This option may become handy when your environment requires a separate DNS service and the use of a dedicated Virtual Machine (VM) is not justified. Also,... Read More
Print Services in Windows Server 2008 allows you to share printers on a network and consolidate print server and network printer management tasks by using the Print Management console. The Print Service role in Windows Server 2008 includes Server Manager and Print Management. To install the Print Services server role with the Print Server and Internet Printing role services follow... Read More
IGEL supports Windows MultiPoint Server 2012... Read More