Chapter 23. IPv6 Addressing and Subnetting

This chapter covers the following exam topics:

1.0 Network Fundamentals

1.8 Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix

1.9 Compare and contrast IPv6 address types

1.9.a Global unicast

1.9.b Unique local

IPv4 organizes the address space in a couple of ways. First, IPv4 splits addresses by class, with Classes A, B, and C defining unicast IPv4 addresses. (The term unicast refers to the fact that each address is used by only one interface.) Then, within the Class A, B, and C address range, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) reserve most of the addresses as public IPv4 addresses, with a few reserved as private IPv4 addresses. ...

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