View the IPv6 form of the local address under vista

        The implementation method is very simple, enter cmd in the Vista start menu and press Enter to open the command prompt. Enter ping localhost by default and the returned data packet will not be 127.0.0.1 but ::1. This is the local address of the Ipv6 format.
Vista's new TCP/IP network protocol stack fully supports IPv6. Do you want to know the IPv6 format of the local address 127.0.0.1? Windows Vista ping can tell you that many users may feel that Windows Vista is not as fast as Windows XP. In fact, this is because of the TCP/IP connection problem. Microsoft may loosen the connection limit in future patches because of its The same brother Windows Server 2008 is 44 times faster than Windows Server 2003. So we have to believe in the future of Vista. Vista Strip show you the following: Method

achieve is very simple, open a command prompt enter cmd carriage return after the Vista start menu, type ping localhost default will be returned data packet is not 127.0. 0.1 instead: 1:. This is the local address of the Ipv6 format, as shown in Figure 1:

Figure 1 Enter ping localhost
Why is this? This is defined by the Windows Vista hosts file. We will open the hosts file with Notepad in the C:\\Windows\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\ folder and you will see the following mapping relationship, as shown in Figure 2:

Figure 2 Viewing the hosts file
Detailed packet comparison:
C:\\Users\\Administrator>ping localhost
Pinging ooVista [::1] From::1 with 32 bytes Data:
Response from::1 Time <1ms
Response from::1 Time <1ms
Response from::1 Time <1ms
From:: Reply for 1: Time <1ms
::1 Ping Statistics:
Packet: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% Lost),
Round trip Estimated time (in milliseconds):
Shortest = 0ms, longest = 0ms, average = 0ms
C:\\Users\\Administrator>ping 127.0.0.1
Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes Data:
Response from 127.0.0.1: Byte=32 Time&l t;1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: Byte=32 Time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: Byte=32 Time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: Byte=32 Time<1ms TTL=128
Ping Statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packet: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 ( 0% lost),
Estimated time of round trip (in milliseconds):
Shortest = 0ms, longest = 0ms, average = 0ms