Understanding IPv6

A good working knowledge of TCP/IP using IPv4.

A 2 day theoretical course (with some practical demonstrations) covering the fundamentals of Internet Protocol v6 – including addressing, protocol formats, ICMP v6, discovery processes and IP v6 routing.

Audience:

Network Planners, Designers, and Engineers requiring an understanding of IP v6. Those requiring a comprehensive overview of IP v6 and the migration process from an IP v4 environment.

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.