Chapter 28

Implementing IPv6 Addressing on Hosts

This chapter covers the following exam topics:

1.0 Network Fundamentals

1.8 Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix

1.9 Describe IPv6 address types

1.9.a Unicast (global, unique local, and link local)

1.9.d Modified EUI 64

IPv6 hosts act like IPv4 hosts in many ways, using similar ideas, similar protocols, and even similar or identical commands for the same purpose. At the same time, IPv6 sometimes takes a different approach than IPv4, using a different solution with a new protocol or command. For example:

  • Like IPv4, IPv6 hosts use a unicast address, prefix length (mask), default router, and DNS server.

  • Like IPv4, IPv6 uses a protocol to dynamically learn the MAC addresses of other hosts ...

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