Course Outline

Objectives:

  • Explain the benefits of migrating from IP v4 to IP v6
  • Describe and explain the IP v6 fixed header format
  • Describe and explain the IP v6 optional header formats
  • Describe and explain global IP v6 unicast addresses and aggregation
  • Describe and explain link-local IP v6 unicast addresses
  • Describe and explain multicast IP v6 addresses
  • Describe and explain anycast IP v6 addresses
  • Describe and explain IP v6 special addresses
  • Describe IP v4 to IP v6 compatibility and mapped addresses
  • Describe and explain ICMP v6 messages
  • Describe and explain path MTU discovery
  • Describe and explain neighbour discovery process
  • Describe and explain router discovery process
  • Describe and explain multicast listener discovery process
  • Describe and explain stateful and stateless auto-configuration
  • Describe and explain IP v6 and DNS
  • Describe IP v6 routing protocols – RIP, OSPF, ISIS and BGP v4
  • Describe IP v4 to IP v6 migration strategies.

Practical Demonstrations:

  • Demonstrate IP v6 addressing and local link communication.
  • Demonstrate IP v6 routing processes.

Requirements

A good working knowledge of TCP/IP using IPv4.

 14 Hours

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