IPv6 is one of those CCNA topics I was not confident explaining to someone. I was intimidated by its new features and whenever I see those series of 32 hexadecimal numbers, I get really uneasy. So I decided to put an end to it by getting in the bottom of things with IPv6. Now I am no longer intimidated and I am glad to finally get this off of my chest. ;) So here, I want to share my study notes on IPv6. Some facts about IPv6 - 128 bit address; 32 hexadecimal numbers; 8 quartets of 4 hex digits - IPsec is required on IPv6 hosts - improvement of IPv6 header: no more recalculation of checksum for every packet sent & includes flow label for easy identifaction of packets sent over the same TCP/UDP connection - strategic IPv6 address assignment has been adapted from IPv4 and this process is being handled by Internet Corporation for Assigned Network Numbers (ICANN) - no more broadcast (uses multicast, unicast and anycast) Subnetting A company was assigned by ISP with address 2340:1111:AAA...
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