# Starting the Network Server on IPv6/Ipv4 dual stack Windows machines

The following JVM properties need to be added to the command when starting the server on IPv6/Ipv4 dual stack Windows machines:

    -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=false
    -Djava.net.preferIPv6Addresses=true

Parent topic: Starting the Network Server
Related tasks
Altering the startNetworkServer script
Starting the Network Server without using the script
Starting the Network Server from a Java application