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IPv6 Network Addresses
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IPv4 Issues
The Need for IPv6
IPv6 is designed to be the successor to IPv4.
Depletion of IPv4 address space has been the motivating factor for
moving to IPv6.
Projections show that all five RIRs will run out of IPv4 addresses
between 2015 and 2020.
With an increasing Internet population, a limited IPv4 address space,
issues with NAT and an Internet of things, the time has come to begin
the transition to IPv6!
IPv4 has a theoretical maximum of 4.3 billion addresses, plus private
addresses in combination with NAT.
IPv6 larger 128-bit address space provides for 340 undecillion
addresses.
IPv6 fixes the limitations of IPv4 and includes additional enhancements,
such as ICMPv6.

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IPv4 Issues
IPv4 and IPv6 Coexistence
The migration techniques can be divided into three categories:
Dual-stack, Tunnelling, and Translation.
Dual-stack: Allows IPv4 and IPv6 to coexist on the same network.
Devices run both IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks simultaneously.
Dual-stack
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IPv4 Issues
IPv4 and IPv6 Coexistence (cont.)
Tunnelling: A method of transporting an IPv6 packet over an IPv4
network. The IPv6 packet is encapsulated inside an IPv4 packet.
Tunnelling
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IPv4 Issues
IPv4 and IPv6 Coexistence (cont.)
Translation: The Network Address Translation 64 (NAT64) allows
IPv6-enabled devices to communicate with IPv4-enabled devices
using a translation technique similar to NAT for IPv4. An IPv6 packet
is translated to an IPv4 packet, and vice versa.
Translation
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IPv6 Addressing
Hexadecimal Number System
Hexadecimal is a base
sixteen system.
Base 16 numbering
system uses the
numbers 0 to 9 and the
letters A to F.
Four bits (half of a
byte) can be
represented with a
single hexadecimal
value.

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IPv6 Addressing
Hexadecimal Number System (cont.)
Look at the binary bit
patterns that match the
decimal and hexadecimal
values
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IPv6 Addressing
IPv6 Address Representation
128 bits in length and written as a string of hexadecimal values
In IPv6, 4 bits represents a single hexadecimal digit, 32
hexadecimal values = IPv6 address:

2001:0DB8:0000:1111:0000:0000:0000:0200
FE80:0000:0000:0000:0123:4567:89AB:CDEF

Hextet used to refer to a segment of 16 bits or four hexadecimals
Can be written in either lowercase or uppercase
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IPv6 Addressing
IPv6 Address Representation (cont.)
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IPv6 Addressing
Rule 1 Omitting Leading Zeros
The first rule to help reduce the notation of IPv6 addresses is to omit
any leading 0s (zeros) in any 16-bit section or hextet.
01AB can be represented as 1AB.
09F0 can be represented as 9F0.
0A00 can be represented as A00.
00AB can be represented as AB.
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IPv6 Addressing
Rule 2 Omitting All 0 Segments
A double colon (::) can replace any single, contiguous string of one or
more 16-bit segments (hextets) consisting of all zeros.
A double colon (::) can only be used once within an address;
otherwise, the address is ambiguous.
Known as the compressed format.
Incorrect address 2001:0DB8::ABCD::1234.


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IPv6 Addressing
Rule 2 Omitting All 0 Segments (cont.)
Example #1





Example #2

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Types of IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 Prefix Length
IPv6 does not use the dotted-decimal subnet mask notation
Prefix length indicates the network portion of an IPv6 address using
the following format:
IPv6 address/prefix length
Prefix length can range from 0 to 128
Typical prefix length is /64
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Types of IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 Address Types
There are three types of IPv6 addresses:
Unicast
Multicast
Anycast

Note: IPv6 does not have broadcast addresses
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Types of IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Unicast
Uniquely identifies
an interface on an
IPv6-enabled
device.
A packet sent to a
unicast address is
received by the
interface that is
assigned that
address.








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Types of IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 Unicast Addresses (cont.)
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Types of IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 Unicast Addresses (cont.)
Global Unicast
Similar to a public IPv4 address
Globally unique
Internet routable addresses
Can be configured statically or assigned dynamically
Link-local
Used to communicate with other devices on the same local link
Confined to a single link; not routable beyond the link
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Types of IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 Unicast Addresses (cont.)
Loopback
Used by a host to send a packet to itself and cannot be assigned to a
physical interface.
Ping an IPv6 loopback address to test the configuration of TCP/IP on the
local host.
All zeros, except for the last bit, are represented as ::1/128 or ::1.
Unspecified Address
All-zeros address is represented as ::/128 or ::
Cannot be assigned to an interface and is only used as a source
address.
An unspecified address is used as a source address when the device
does not yet have a permanent IPv6 address or when the source of the
packet is irrelevant to the destination.
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Types of IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 Unicast Addresses (cont.)
Unique Local
Similar to private addresses for IPv4.
Used for local addressing within a site or between a limited
number of sites.
In the range of FC00::/7 to FDFF::/7.
IPv4 Embedded (not covered in this course)
Used to help transition from IPv4 to IPv6.
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Types of IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 Link-Local Unicast Addresses
Every IPv6-enabled network interface is REQUIRED to have a link-
local address
Enables a device to communicate with other IPv6-enabled devices
on the same link and only on that link (subnet)
FE80::/10 range, first 10 bits are 1111 1110 10xx xxxx
1111 1110 1000 0000 (FE80) - 1111 1110 1011 1111 (FEBF)
Add a header
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Types of IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 Link-Local Unicast Addresses (cont.)
Packets with a
source or
destination link-
local address
cannot be routed
beyond the link
from where the
packet originated.

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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Structure of an IPv6 Global Unicast Address
IPv6 global unicast addresses are globally unique and routable on the
IPv6 Internet.
Equivalent to public IPv4 addresses.
ICANN allocates IPv6 address blocks to the five RIRs.
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Structure of an IPv6 Global Unicast Address
(cont.)
Currently, only global unicast addresses with the first three bits of
001 or 2000::/3 are assigned.

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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Structure of an IPv6 Global Unicast Address (cont.)
A global unicast address has three parts: Global Routing Prefix, Subnet
ID, and Interface ID.



Global Routing Prefix is the prefix or network portion of the address
assigned by the provider, such as an ISP, to a customer or site,
currently, RIRs assign a /48 global routing prefix to customers.
2001:0DB8:ACAD::/48 has a prefix that indicates that the first 48 bits
(2001:0DB8:ACAD) is the prefix or network portion.
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Structure of an IPv6 Global Unicast Address (cont.)
Subnet ID is used by an organization to identify subnets within its site
Interface ID
Equivalent to the host portion of an IPv4 address.
Used because a single host may have multiple interfaces, each
having one or more IPv6 addresses.

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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Static Configuration of a Global Unicast Address
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Static Configuration of a Global Unicast Address
(cont.)
Windows
IPv6
Setup
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Dynamic Configuration of a Global Unicast
Address Using SLACC
Stateless Address Autoconfiguraton (SLAAC)
A method that allows a device to obtain its prefix, prefix length, and
default gateway from an IPv6 router.
No DHCPv6 server needed.
Rely on ICMPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) messages.

IPv6 routers
Forwards IPv6 packets between networks.
Can be configured with static routes or a dynamic IPv6 routing
protocol.
Sends ICMPv6 RA messages.
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Dynamic Configuration of a Global Unicast
Address Using SLAAC (cont.)
The IPv6 unicast-routing command enables IPv6 routing.
RA message can contain one of the following three options:
SLAAC Only Uses the information contained in the RA
message.
SLAAC and DHCPv6 Uses the information contained in the RA
message and get other information from the DHCPv6 server,
stateless DHCPv6 (for example, DNS).
DHCPv6 only The device should not use the information in the
RA, stateful DHCPv6.
Routers send ICMPv6 RA messages using the link-local address as
the source IPv6 address
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Dynamic Configuration of a Global Unicast
Address Using SLAAC (cont.)
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Similar to IPv4
Automatically receives addressing information, including a global
unicast address, prefix length, default gateway address and the
addresses of DNS servers using the services of a DHCPv6 server.
Device may receive all or some of its IPv6 addressing information
from a DHCPv6 server depending upon whether option 2 (SLAAC
and DHCPv6) or option 3 (DHCPv6 only) is specified in the ICMPv6
RA message.
Host may choose to ignore whatever is in the routers RA message
and obtain its IPv6 address and other information directly from a
DHCPv6 server.

IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Dynamic Configuration of a Global Unicast
Address Using DHCPv6
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Dynamic Configuration of a Global Unicast
Address Using DHCPv6 (cont.)
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
EUI-64 Process or Randomly Generated
EUI-64 Process
Uses a clients 48-bit Ethernet MAC address and inserts another 16
bits in the middle of the 46-bit MAC address to create a 64-bit Interface
ID.
Advantage is that the Ethernet MAC address can be used to determine
the interface; is easily tracked.

EUI-64 Interface ID is represented in binary and comprises three parts:
24-bit OUI from the client MAC address, but the 7
th
bit (the
Universally/Locally bit) is reversed (0 becomes a 1).
Inserted as a 16-bit value FFFE.
24-bit device identifier from the client MAC address.

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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
EUI-64 Process or Randomly Generated (cont.)
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
EUI-64 Process or Randomly Generated (cont.)
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
EUI-64 Process or Randomly Generated (cont.)
Randomly Generated Interface IDs
Depending upon the operating system, a device can use a randomly
generated Interface ID instead of using the MAC address and the EUI-
64 process.
Beginning with Windows Vista, Windows uses a randomly generated
Interface ID instead of one created with EUI-64.
Windows XP (and previous Windows operating systems) used EUI-64.
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Dynamic Link-Local Addresses
Link-Local Address
After a global unicast address is assigned to an interface, an IPv6-
enabled device automatically generates its link-local address.
Must have a link-local address that enables a device to communicate
with other IPv6-enabled devices on the same subnet.
Uses the link-local address of the local router for its default gateway
IPv6 address.
Routers exchange dynamic routing protocol messages using link-local
addresses.
Routers routing tables use the link-local address to identify the next-
hop router when forwarding IPv6 packets.

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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Dynamic Link-Local Addresses (cont.)
Dynamically Assigned

The link-local address is dynamically created using the FE80::/10 prefix
and the Interface ID.
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Static Link-Local Addresses
Configuring Link-local
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Static Link-Local Addresses (cont.)
Configuring Link-local
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Verifying IPv6 Address Configuration
Insert one space after the
command prompt (#).
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IPv6 Unicast Addresses
Verifying IPv6 Address Configuration (cont.)
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IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Assigned IPv6 Multicast Addresses
IPv6 multicast addresses have the prefix FFxx::/8.
There are two types of IPv6 multicast addresses:
Assigned multicast
Solicited node multicast
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IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Assigned IPv6 Multicast Addresses (cont.)
Two common IPv6 assigned multicast groups include:
FF02::1 All-nodes multicast group
All IPv6-enabled devices join
Same effect as an IPv4 broadcast address
FF02::2 All-routers multicast group
All IPv6 routers join
A router becomes a member of this group when it is enabled
as an IPv6 router with the ipv6 unicast-routing global
configuration mode command.
A packet sent to this group is received and processed by all
IPv6 routers on the link or network.


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IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Assigned IPv6 Multicast Addresses (cont.)
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IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Solicited Node IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Similar to the all-nodes
multicast address, matches
only the last 24 bits of the
IPv6 global unicast address
of a device
Automatically created when
the global unicast or link-
local unicast addresses are
assigned
Created by combining a
special
FF02:0:0:0:0:0:FF00::/104
prefix with the right-most 24
bits of its unicast address
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IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Solicited Node IPv6 Multicast Addresses (cont.)
The solicited node multicast
address consists of two parts:
FF02:0:0:0:0:0:FF00::/104
multicast prefix First 104
bits of the all solicited node
multicast address
Least significant 24-bits
Copied from the right-most
24 bits of the global unicast
or link-local unicast address
of the device
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7.3 Connectivity Verification
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ICMP
ICMPv4 and ICMPv6 Messages
ICMP messages common to both ICMPv4 and ICMPv6 include:
Host confirmation
Destination or Service Unreachable
Time exceeded
Route redirection
Although IP is not a reliable protocol, the TCP/IP suite provides for
messages to be sent in the event of certain errors, sent using the services
of ICMP.
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ICMP
ICMPv6 Router Solicitation and Router
Advertisement Messages
ICMPv6 includes four new protocols as part of the Neighbor Discovery
Protocol (ND or NDP):
Router Solicitation message
Router Advertisement message
Neighbor Solicitation message
Neighbor Advertisement message
Router Solicitation and Router Advertisement Message Sent
between hosts and routers.
Router Solicitation (RS) message RS messages are sent as an IPv6
all-routers multicast message.
Router Advertisement (RA) message RA messages are sent by
routers to provide addressing information.
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ICMP
ICMPv6 Router Solicitation and Router
Advertisement Messages (cont.)
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ICMP
ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation and Neighbor
Advertisement Messages
Two additional message types:
Neighbor Solicitation (NS)
Neighbor Advertisement (NA) messages
Used for address resolution is used when a device on the LAN
knows the IPv6 unicast address of a destination, but does not
know its Ethernet MAC address.
Also used for Duplicate Address Detection (DAD)
Performed on the address to ensure that it is unique.
The device sends an NS message with its own IPv6 address
as the targeted IPv6 address.
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ICMP
ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation and Neighbor
Advertisement Messages (cont.)
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Testing and Verification
Ping Testing the Local Stack
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Testing and Verification
Ping Testing Connectivity to the Local LAN
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Testing and Verification
Ping Testing Connectivity to Remote LAN
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Testing and Verification
Traceroute Testing the Path
Traceroute
Generates a list of hops that were successfully reached along the
path.
Provides important verification and troubleshooting information.
If the data reaches the destination, then the trace lists the interface of
every router in the path between the hosts.
If the data fails at some hop along the way, the address of the last
router that responded to the trace can provide an indication of where
the problem or security restrictions are found.
Provides round-trip time for each hop along the path and indicates if a
hop fails to respond.
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IP Addressing
Summary
IP addresses are hierarchical with network, subnetwork, and host
portions.
An IP address can represent a complete network, a specific host, or the
broadcast address of the network.
Addressing authorities and ISPs allocate address ranges to users, who
in turn can assign these addresses to their network devices statically or
dynamically.
The allocated address range can be divided into subnetworks by
applying subnet masks.
The private IPv4 address blocks are: 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, and
192.168.0.0/16.
Each IPv6 address has 128 bits versus the 32 bits in an IPv4 address.
There are three types of IPv6 addresses: unicast, multicast, and
anycast.

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IP Addressing
Summary (cont.)
IPv6 does not use the dotted-decimal subnet mask notation. The prefix
length is used to indicate the network portion of an IPv6 address using
the following format:
IPv6 address/prefix length
Packets with a source or destination link-local address cannot be
routed beyond the link from where the packet originated. IPv6 link-local
addresses are in the FE80::/10 range.
Once implemented, an IP network must be tested.

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