Event ID 1018 — DHCP Client IPv6 Availability
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) can lease both Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses. If IPv6 is not available, the DHCP service uses IPv4 only.
Event Details
| Product: | Windows Operating System |
| ID: | 1018 |
| Source: | Microsoft-Windows-DHCP-Client |
| Version: | 6.0 |
| Symbolic Name: | EVENT_DHCPV6_INIT_FAILURE |
| Message: | DHCPv6 initialization has failed on the computer with the error code specified. DHCP service will start with IPv4 only. |
Resolve
Reconfigure TCP/IPv6
TCP/IPv6 might be misconfigured.
To diagnose and repair the TCP/IP configuration:
- Click Start, right-click Network, and then click Properties.
- Under Tasks, click Manage Network Connections.
- Right-click the interface you want to repair, and then click Diagnose.
- This will diagnose and repair any configuration issues.
Verify
To verify that the DHCP client has an IPv6 address assigned to it:
- At the DHCP-enabled client computer, click Start, in Start Search type cmd, and then press ENTER.
- To verify a DHCP client lease, type ipconfig /all to view lease-status information.
- The output of the ipconfig command should show an IPv6 address marked "preferred."