Why do I have 55 local area connections in ipconfig?

Question

Windows Vista Home Premium. I should mention that I am having no problem whatever getting an internet connection.

When I type "ipconfig" in the console, I get (55!) messages of 3 lines each, listing a ton of disconnected network connections. My PC only has one network card. Each message looks like this:

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 55:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

These don't cause a major problem; they make it a pain, though, to fish upward and find my IP address. How can I get rid of them?

Edit:

Actually, a few connection numbers are randomly missing from the sequence; so, it's really more like 30 or 40 connection messages, rather than all 55. Not sure why that is, either.

Answer 1

These are probably IPv6 Tunnel Adapters. While I haven't seen it myself, I've heard of others who seem to get a new one for every new network they connect to. If you don't need IPv6, you can disable it, and remove the redundant tunnel adapters. There's a post here about it:

http://ryanvictory.com/posts/automating-6to4-adapter-removal-in-windows/