Chapter 10

IPv4 and IPv6 Address Management

Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to meet the following objectives:

  • Describe network boundaries.

  • Explain the purpose of Network Address Translation in small networks.

  • Explain why IPv6 addressing will replace IPv4 addressing.

  • Explain features of IPv6.

Key Terms

This chapter uses the following key terms. You can find the definitions in the Glossary.

dual stack page 201

Internet of Things (IoT) page 200

IPv6 address page 200

link-local address page 204

Network Address Translation (NAT) page 197

Network Address Translation 64 (NAT64) page 203

Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) page 199

Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) page 203

tunneling page 202

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