Chapter 12

IPv6 Addressing

Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

  • Why is IPv6 addressing needed?

  • How are IPv6 addresses represented?

  • What are the types of IPv6 network addresses?

  • How do you configure static global unicast and link-local IPv6 network addresses?

  • How do you configure global unicast addresses dynamically?

  • How do you configure link-local addresses dynamically?

  • How do you identify IPv6 addresses?

  • How do you implement a subnetted IPv6 addressing scheme?

Key Terms

This chapter uses the following key terms. You can find the definitions in the glossary at the end of the book.

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