Does windows update service support and uses ipv6 or rely only on ipv4

Question

Does windows update service support and uses ipv6 or rely only on ipv4

Answer 1

Windows Update service supports both IPv4 and IPv6. Windows uses IPv6 by default when it is available and falls back to IPv4 when IPv6 is not available. This allows Windows Update to work in environments that have both IPv4 and IPv6 networks, and also allows it to work in environments that have only IPv6 networks.

In Windows 7 and later versions, Windows Update uses IPv6 by default, but it can also use IPv4. This is known as "dual-stack" support, which means that the operating system can use both IPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously.

When a Windows client is configured to use both IPv4 and IPv6, it will try to use IPv6 first to connect to the Windows Update service. If the connection cannot be established using IPv6, the client will then try to use IPv4.

In summary, Windows Update service support and uses both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols and it falls back to IPv4 if IPv6 is not available. It is designed to work seamlessly in environments with mixed IPv4 and IPv6 networks.