Windows 10 Hyper-V IPv6 & VPN issue

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Pino-55

I have a Windows 10 desktop (64 bit version 1909)

Hyper-V is installed (I am running a Ubuntu VM)

IPv6 is installed and operational (native with DHCP-PD running on the router)


When I connect to my VPN provider, using OpenVPN it fails to connect on IPv6, although the provider supports this and I have verified this on a machine that does not have Hyper-V installed.


The issue seems to be how the TAP-9 interface is handled.


Specifically on the Hyper-V machine Tap-9 interface there is no IPv6 address (other than link-local) and no IPv6 DNS server address. Both exist on the non Hyper-V machine.


Looking at the registry I can see that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters: DisabledComponents is set to 1(hex) and this appears to be the setting for 'disable IPv6 on all tunnel interfaces'. On the non Hyper-V this key is absent.


My questions are


Is this key the cause of my issues (i.e. is the TAP-9 interface treated as a tunnel?)

What are the risks if I remove or disable this key while Hyper-V is installed and running?

Is there an alternate solution (registry setting) that will allow IPv6 through the VPN tunnel while Hyper-V is running?


Thank you

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