Introduction

This book is intended to give you an in-depth understanding of IPv6 and related protocols. This book is for those who are new to the networking field, such as computer networking students, and also for network engineers with many years of experience administering larger enterprise networks. The only prerequisite is a basic understanding of networking protocols, including IPv4.

This second edition is a complete reorganization and almost a complete rewrite of the first edition, with a lot of new content. I have been a teacher for over 20 years, and this book is written for students of IPv6, as a self-study guide for learning IPv6. This book is designed to walk you through learning about IPv6 as if you were in a classroom, with the ...

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