The Chimera has other names: ask network admins

By Kathleen Atkins

The mythical fire-breathing Chimera looked to the Greeks like a lion-goat with a serpent’s tail, but who’s to say she doesn’t look like a networked system today?

Lounge member axiomatica brought a year-old Windows 7 networking mystery into clearer focus this week after investigating a Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface problem he’d had for a while. He got a helpful clue from Woody Leonhard in last week’s Top Story, “Caution: Bumps in the road to IPv6.” He learned there’s a connection between Teredo Tunneling and IPv6.

Axiomatica thought his findings might help Lounge member CRGibson with a HomeGroup-Teredo Tunneling Adapter-IPv6 problem he posted more than a year ago. See what you think. More»

The following links are this week’s most interesting Lounge threads, including several new questions to which you might be able to provide responses:


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The Lounge Life column is a digest of the best of the WS Lounge discussion board. Kathleen Atkins is associate editor of Windows Secrets.

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About Kathleen Atkins

Kathleen Atkins is the Windows Secrets associate editor. She's also a freelance writer, editor, and photographer. Prior to joining Windows Secrets, she worked at Microsoft Press.