IPv6 Addressing

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This presentation will demonstrate how to configure an IPv6 configuration address on an
interface, as well as the corresponding show commands to verify your configurations.
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This is the topology we are going to use to demonstrate how to configure an IPv6
address on a routers interface. So let!s open up PuTT" and configure #ranch ones g$%$
interface with an IPv6 address.
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The address we are using happens to #e a networ' address. (ith IPv6 the networ' and
#roadcast addresses can #e assigned to hosts, #ut when configuring a networ' address
on an interface a warning message appears. This warning is to inform you that it is not
recommended that you use a networ' address. Although it will wor', it may cause issues
with your networ'. It is recommended that networ' developers avoid the use of an all
)ero interface identifier, which has #een defined #y *+,-.1 as a su#net router unicast
address. (hat we!ll do now is configure the same interface with the first address from
the su#net, and you!ll notice that no error message appears. /ow we!re going to
configure the interface with the lin' local address. If one is not configured the router will
dynamically assign one to an IPv6 ena#led interface. The show IPv6 interface #rief
command will display all of the IPv6 addresses configured on an interface. /otice how
there are now three IPv6 addresses assigned to the g$%$ interface. This is #ecause we
didn!t remove the first address that we configured. 0nli'e IPv- where when you
configure a second IP address on an interface it overwrites the first one. (ith IPv6,
multiple IPv6 addresses can #e configured on an interface, so when a mista'e is made,
or a change is necessary, you!ll have to go #ac' into the interface and issue the no IPv6
address and num#er to remove it. /ow let!s issue the show IPv6 interface g$%$
command. 1ere you!ll see how it displays how IPv6 have #een ena#led, the lin' local
address, as well as the glo#al unicast address, along with the su#net and prefi2
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/ow that I have the interface configured, I want to verify the IPv6 address on the P,. So
let!s open the command prompt of host A. To display the IPv6 address on a P,, we use
the ipconfig command. 3n pac'et tracer, you can use the IPv6config or the
IPv6config%all commands. "ou!ll notice the only difference #etween the two is that the
IPv6config%all command displays the physical and 4/S addresses. This command only
wor's in Pac'et Tracer and doesn!t wor' on a real P,. If you issue the IPconfig or the
ipconfig%all commands in pac'et tracer, it does not display the IPv6 address. Therefore
you have to use the IPv6config command. /ow if I open the command prompt of the P,
once again, and type the IPv6config command, an error message will appear. This 5ust
verifies that it only wor's in Pac'et tracer. So from host A, let!s see if we can ping host
6s IPv6 address. "ou!ll notice that the pings fail. The reason for this is we didn!t ena#le
IPv6 unicast routing. IPv- unicast routing is ena#led #y default, #ut with IPv6 you must
manually configure it on the router, or it will not forward IPv6 unicast pac'ets. So let!s go
#ac' into #ranch one and ena#le IPv6 unicast routing. /ow let!s head #ac' into host A
and notice how the pings are now successful. It too' a little time for the networ' to
converge, #ut it seems to #e wor'ing fine. 7ust so you 'now, the current version of
Pac'et tracer allows the pings to wor' without ena#ling IPv6 unicast routing. So this is
the importance of using #oth real e8uipment and Pac'et tracer so you see the difference
in the outputs, as well as the difference in the types of commands you are going to use.
So, in closing,
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This concludes my presentation on IPv6 configurations.
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I hope this was a helpful demonstration, and may your networ's converge.