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Chapter 3
IPv6 Network Constructs
3.1 Introduction
e Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Specification [RFC2460] and the IPv6
Addressing Architecture [RFC2373] provide the base architecture and design of
IPv6; we covered some of these key concepts in Chapters 1 and 2. is chap
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ter looks at basic IPv6 network constructs, specifically routing processes. Because
there are differences in some of the details of how these IPv6 processes operate
compared with IPv4, it is worth looking at some of these issues. is chapter cov
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ers logical networking issues; other chapters in the book focus more directly on
actual enterprise/institutional net