Understanding IPv6, Third Edition

Chapter 8. Address Autoconfiguration

At the end of this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

• Describe the use of address autoconfiguration in IPv6.

• Describe the states of an autoconfigured address and their relation to preferred and valid lifetimes.

• Describe the types of autoconfiguration.

• Explain the details of the stateless address autoconfiguration process.

• Describe the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6), its message structure, and messages.

• Distinguish between DHCPv6 stateless and stateful operation.

• Describe the automatically configured addresses for a host using the IPv6 protocol for Windows.

Address Autoconfiguration Overview

One of the most useful aspects of IPv6 is its ability to automatically configure itself, even ...