Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter

Step By Step Guide To Install Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter

by Kevin Arrows, MCTS, CCNA - IT SpecialistWednesday, June 25th, 2014

언제 부터인지는 정확하지 않지만 USB 인식이 오락가락한다. 장치 관리자를 확인해왔더니, Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter 작동하지 않는 상태이다. 구글링을 하여 해결책을 구하다가 정리해 둔다. 급하게 찾으면 사이트가 사라지는 경우가 너무 많아서......

Understand What Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter Is

To understanding what the Teredo Tunneling is, you first need to know what an IPv4 and IPv6 is. IPv4 is an IP Protocol which assigns our computers with a unique address which is our identity to communicate with the world over the internet.

Most of us, are on the IPv4 technology and so is the rest of the world. However, due to all the IPv4 available addresses being occupied the Internet is running out of IPv4 addresses as more and more of us have started using internet and networks heavily which is the main reason we now have the IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) which brings in an uncountable number of addresses, that is 2 to the power of 128 – 2^128 (340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) never ending.

Now that you know about the shortage of IPv4 addresses – it’ll be easier to understand what the Teredo Tunneling is. IPv4 is still being heavily used, to put it in it’s simplest terms, i’d say that previously every one knew one language, but now there are two so the person (system) speaking in an IPv4 language will be understood by the same but not by those speaking in the IPv6 language, hence making networks talk to each other will not be possible and internet is all about networks connected and talking to each other – therefore, we need an interpreter to translate IPv4 to IPv6 and vice-versa and this is what the Teredo Tunneling is, it is an interpreter to process the v6/v4 language.

Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter Driver

In this section, i’ll show you how to install the Teredo Tunneling Adapter on Windows 7 – the driver is built into Windows 7.

1.To install it go to device manager OR Hold the Windows Key and Press R. In the run dialog that opens, type hdwwiz.cpl and Click OK.

2.Once in the Device Manager -> Click Network Adapters

3.Then click the Actions tab from the top and select “Add Legacy Hardware”

4.Click Next and Next again and Next again (it will not find anything, so do not worry). You will then be taken to Common 

5.Scroll down and select Network Adapters then Click Next. You will now be taken to the Add Hardware dialog.

6.Now from the Manufacturer tab select Microsoft then from the Network Adapter tab select Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter and Click Next.

Teredo Tunneling Adapter

7.After you click Next, Click Next again then Click Finish.

8.Now download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware by clicking the link below. Unfortunately, Anti-Virus software’s like Norton, AVG and McAfee will not protect you from Malwares which can cause severe corruption so we need Malwarebytes to do a full scan. I highly recommend getting the premium version which will protect you in real-time from getting infected in future from malwares that can cause corruption.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium

9 After it has been downloaded, install it. Open it and go to the Scan Tab -> Custom Scan -> put check in all boxes in the left pane, and select your drives in the right pane. Make sure you select all the boxes in the left pane including “Scan for Rootkits” and then Click “Scan” and wait for scan to finish, this can take 4 to 6 hours, once scan finishes, select “Quarantine All”

Teredo Tunnel error should now be resolved, however If you see a yellow exclamation mark then follow the steps below:

1. Open registry editor.

2. Navigate through the following: HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES\TCPIP6\PARAMETERS.

3. In the right pane, right click Disabled Components and select Edit. Set the DWord value to 0.

4. Restart your computer and the teredo tunneling adapter will now start.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments section below.

If you experience Error Code 10 error, then follow steps on my Error Code 10 Guide

Teredo Tunnel Adapter: Error Code 10

If you are getting Error Code 10 after following all the steps at Teredo Tunnel Adapter then follow these steps below:

Go to Start and type cmd right click on cmd at the top of the list and select Run as Administrator. If the User Account Control window appears click on Yes.

Type all of these commands (very carefully) one at a time and click on the Enter key on your keyboard after each one has been typed in.You must copy the words exactly as shown here, one letter wrong and they won’t function.

netsh int teredo set state disabled

Leave the Command window open. Click on Start, Control Panel, Device Manager. Click on View and select Show hidden Devices.

Right click on Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface and select Uninstall.

Close the Device Manager and Control Panel. Back to the Command window, type these one at a time and click on the Enter key after each one is typed.

netsh int ipv6 set teredo client

Close the Command window.

Open Device Manager again, right click on Network Adapters and select Scan for harware changes, then click on View and select Show Hidden Devices.

You should now see the Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface entry back in place without the yellow exclamation mark.

Right click on Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface and select Properties, it should show that the device is working correctly in the Device Status box.