Chapter 26
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 Describe IPv6 address types
1.9.a Unicast (global, unique local, and link local)
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigns public IPv6 addresses using a process much like IPv4 with CIDR blocks. IANA first defines some IPv6 address space as unicast and other parts as multicast. The majority of the unicast address space serves as public addresses, with small parts of the address space reserved for particular purposes. IANA with the RIRs assign public address blocks as defined with a prefix length of any valid size, commonly in sizes that use /32 to /48 prefix lengths. ...
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