Module 8
IPv6 Addressing
The same ideas in the other address family - notation, prefixes, the several addresses one interface holds, and routing between them.
4 activities~48 min
In this module
- Abbreviate and expand an IPv6 address without ambiguity
- Explain why a subnet is a /64 whatever its host count
- Identify an address type from its leading bits
- Route between IPv6 networks with static routes
Activities
Lesson
Reading and writing an IPv6 address
Eight hextets, two abbreviation rules, and why /64.
11 min
Lesson
The several addresses every IPv6 interface has
Global, link-local, unique local, multicast and anycast.
10 min
Lab
IPv6 static routing across three sites
Three sites addressed from one allocation, and the routes that join them.
20 min
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