IPv6 is a network layer protocol responsible for routing data packets from its source computer to its destination. The IPv6 protocol is not supported on computers with Windows 2000 or earlier operating systems.

For details on the IP traffic statistics available to applications, see the System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPGlobalStatistics class documentation. Note that the object returned by this method reflects the statistics as of the time the System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPGlobalStatistics object is created. This information is not updated dynamically.