Questions tagged [ipv6]
For questions about Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6); as specified in RFC2460.
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ipv6 dhcp pool option link-address
I'm learning to set up an ipv6 dhcp pool in Packet Tracer. And I'm stomped on what a link-address is as an option in a dhcp server ipv6. I've read this https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/...
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How to architect a globally distributed website, from an IP address perspective
I would like to have a website that is loaded fast from any point in the world. From my understanding, you need to take advantage of the data center "regions" at places like Google Cloud or AWS. That'...
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RPL: questions on routing mechanism
I'm studying RPL and two questions came to my mind:
1: Both in storing and non-storing modes, if a node wants to send a packet to another node via P2P communication paradigm, then how does the ...
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Why do IPv6 unique local addresses have to have a /48 prefix?
According to RFC 4193, unique local addresses will always have a prefix of FD00::/8.. but according to Wikipedia:
The block fd00::/8 is defined for /48 prefixes, formed by setting the forty least-...
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What can an IP address be assigned to?
What can an IP address be assigned to?
A network interface, which is what I thought originally. (I seem to hear a network interface can have multiple IP addresses assigned to it, and if it is true, ...
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Are the IPv6 address space and IPv4 address space completely disjoint?
Tanenbaum's Computer Networks says
Finally, IPv4 addresses can be written as a pair of colons and an old dotted
decimal number, for example:
::192.31.20.46
Does it mean the IPv4 address space ...
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Does IPv6 have similar concept of network mask?
Does IPv6 have similar concept of network mask?
How does it represent a network?
In the output of ifconfig, does prefixlen 128 represent a network mask?
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu ...
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IPv6 default route not being installed from RA
Platform: Juniper SRX300
Version: JUNOS 15.1X49-D160.2
ISP: Midco
I currently have an issue where the IPv6 default route is not being installed from the CMTS RA. Try as I might, I cannot get ...
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IPv6 Wireshark filter for partial IP address
I would like to create a display filter with the last 4 octets of an IPv6 address. Basically, I have the mac address with me and I want to filter for the IP address xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:113:5005:80:...
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IPv4 only host on a dual stack environment
I am looking into migrating to IPv6 at my company. Our plan is to dual-stack everything for now, however, we have a couple of local servers that are IPv4 capable only. The rest of our network will be ...
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How to convert size represented in one prefix length to another?
Example, let's say if someone says, I have allocated one /64 address. How can I convert that to a size in /30? How many /30 equals to one /64?
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How are IPv6 addresses grouped? [closed]
I apologise off the bat if this question is too basic to belong in this group. Perhaps it can be moved elsewhere if that's the case, or I can be directed to another SE site.
With IPv4 I have long ...
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Security implications of IPv6 tunneling over IPv4
I've read that IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels are a security risk because IPv6 traffic cannot be intercepted by Intrusion Detection Systems and Firewalls. This apparently deterred some networks to deploy IPv6....
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Where is the block which caused IPV4 client can not access IPV6 Server
I read many documents which are saying if you are in IPV4 network then you can not access IPV6 network, for example when I was at home I can not access some IPV6 website, such as:ipv6test.google.com.
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Mininet - Configure an IPv6 Router
There are a handful of examples for adding an IPv4 Router in a mininet topology.
What there are almost no examples of, is how to add an IPv6 Router in a topology.
I have read a few posts on the ...
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Will the packet be dropped when the number of hops equals to default TTL?
From my understanding, the default TTL represents the maximum number of hops allowed such that the packet may reach the host.
NTP Documentation Archive: ttl - This option is used only with ...
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Can mobile devices take a global IPv6 address by means of only routing?
I'm probably asking this the wrong way, but here it is; I have a /48 block with static addresses for every device on the network. Everything is routed, no NAT, no tricks.
My question is: on a mobile ...
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Why aren't we encrypting data on Network level instead of transport level when using e.g. HTTP [closed]
Why we are bothering to encrypt our data on a transport level, instead of just doing that on a network level with e.g. IPSec and get rid of the need to to that in upper layers. For example instead of ...
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how to configure ipsec with dynamic ipv6-pd on one side
my current network setup (simplified) looks like this
The Current configuration (also simplified) permits traffic to flow between dc_dev and bo_dev and dc_man and bo_man freely and some special ...
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IPv6 variables or other methods of shortening
From the dawn of when I heard about IPv6 many years ago, to my continued hesitance to make good use of it in today's world where it's eventually going to become necessary... my biggest issue I think ...
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Which part of an IPv6 address is assigned by the RIR?
Given my PC or any other, which part of the IPv6 address is allocated by the RIR and which part is allocated by the ISP?
I know a prefix of /64 is commonly used, does that mean the bits before the /...
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OSI layer of Neighbor Discovery Protocol
NDP operates using ICMPv6 and, even though ICMPv6 messages are encapsulated in payload field of IPv6 datagram, ICMPv6 and ICMP are usually considered as network layer protocols. At least, on Wikipedia ...
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Global Unicast in IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
I have a very small pcap file in which Neighbor Discovery is performed for Global Unicast Addresses.
That is, IPv6 addresses of both neighbors as I can see in Wireshark start from 2001:. Both IPv6 ...
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Link Local Address using in NDP (IPv6)
How is using of link local address in NDP. We can discover neighbor by using global address. So why we need link local address in NDP?
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IPV6 ping, the pinged address is different from the once caught by wireshark
I'm trying to ping an ECU, both PC and ECU have static IPV6 address
the problem is that the target address (ECU) pinged is different from the one caught by Wireshark
subnet : 64
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DHCP ivp6 vs DHCP ipv4 router config (cisco)
When setting up a router as dchp server in ipv4, we specify a pool under which we give the network and the default-gateway and that's it:
However in ipv6 stateless dhcp , we create the pool then ...
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Is the first address of the subnet a valid configurable address in case of IPv4 and IPv6 point to point networks?
Am I correct, that first address of the subnet is a valid addresses to configure in hosts/routers in case of IPv4 and IPv6 point to point networks? For example, in case of 192.0.2.0/31 one of the ...
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IPv6 can't ping host when static route configured with exit interface
I have the following topology (using IPv6) interfaces:
I have the following static routes configured on it:
R1#sh ipv6 route static
IPv6 Routing Table - default - 9 entries
Codes: C - Connected, L -...
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Native IPv6 load balancing
We have two software gateways (on Linux) for IPv6 that take fullviews from ISPs and announce our AS. And several nodes connected to Internet via the gateways. Something like at picture:
And we ...
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Why command “ipv6 dhcp relay” doesn't work at packet tracer?
I'm trying to enable dhcp for ipv6 with the "ipv6 dhcp relay dest" command but, I'm receiving an error and I'm trying both of these commands but none work.
Router model: 2811
(config)# interface [...
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Quagga router advertisement messages are wrong after an address change
I have a problem with Quagga OSPFv3 implementation. I have a Mininet topology with a host connected to a router.
I assigned an IPv6 address to the router interface. And I enabled IPv6 ...
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HSRP IPv6 configuration
Looking at the Cisco documentation for HSRP IPv6 configuration I noticed the use of 'standby 1 ipv6 autoconfig'.
interface FastEthernet0/0
no ip address
duplex auto
speed auto
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Disadvantages or risks of leaving the the family inet6 configuration under interface configuration in Junos applied
I have a corner-case where I need to leave the family inet6 configuration under IFL present while hosts in that network should not use IPv6. This means, that the logical interface of a router will ...
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How to set IPv6 RA values for RDNSS and DNSSL on HPE/Aruba 5400R
I am detail-planning the roll out of IPv6 in our company.
Right now I am stuck with IPv6 RA on our HPE/Aruba Access Switches. I cannot find any documentation how to set the Recursive DNS Server (RDNSS)...
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IPv6 source address selection: can the source address have a smaller scope than the destination address?
In RFC 6724 section 5 on "Source Address Selection" rule 2 says to "Prefer appropriate scope":
If Scope(SA) < Scope(SB): If Scope(SA) < Scope(D), then prefer SB and otherwise prefer SA. ...
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Why are there IP collisions in my network? [closed]
So I have a switch connected to ethernet cable which has a static IP address configured on it for IPv4 / v6. there are 3 IPv4 static addresses on its subnet.
I have 2 Anritsu callboxes connected to ...
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Does IPv6 Prefix Delegation work with SLAAC, without the need of a DHCPv6 server/client?
All the (cisco) documentation I found about this topic always uses a DHCPv6 server or client to configure Prefix Delegation. But I never read that this is a requirement.
Can Prefix Delegation be ...
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Using IPv6 6in4 tunnel with multiple VLANs, or LAN Interfaces?
I have a pfSense router, and I've setup a Hurricane 6in4 IPv6 tunnel by following this guide:
http://thirdinternet.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Configure-6in4-Tunnel-in-pfSense.pdf
It all seems to ...
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What is the use-case of including the IPv4 address in IPv6 address?
It is possible to include the IPv4 address into IPv6 address. For example, 2001:db8::c0a8:6301 where last 32 bits are IPv4 address 192.168.99.1. There is even a special notation of IPv6 address where ...
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How can know the subnet mask in IPv6 network?
How the host can know the subnet mask in the IPv6 network, in case the network does not use the default subnet mask which is /64. for example the subnet mask of the network is /88, How can the IPv6 ...
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How does router advertisement in IPv6 avoid IP conflict?
If a router advertisement sends the range of subnet, and the client can choose an IP from it, how is there no conflict with another client that has chosen the same address?
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Can't connect between an IPV6 network and an added IPV4 router
I have a very simple topology, where 4 routers use IPV6 and RIP, there aren't problems and all devices have connectivity. The issue is if I add another router this time using IPV4 for clients.
I ...
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Is it possible to see a Teredo IPv6 address in IPv6 neighbor cache?
Is it possible to see a Teredo address (from 2001::/32 block) in an IPv6 neighbor cache? For example, in the case of Junos, in the output of show ipv6 neighbors. As much as I tested, this is not ...
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Is it possible that IPv6 multicast address is shown in the “IPv6 Address” column of the “show ipv6 neighbors” command in Junos?
Is it possible that IPv6 multicast address(i.e address from ff00::/8 address block) is shown in the "IPv6 Address" column of the "show ipv6 neighbors" command in Junos?
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Why are IPv4 addresses running out?
I understand that we are running out (or ran out already?) of IPv4 addresses, but I don't really understand why that is. Right now, every home has its own IPv4 address (dynamically assigned, but still,...
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How to check if switch is ipv6 fully compatible
We will move to IPv6 in the next months and I have a lot of switches and routers and I want to discard IPv6 non-compatible or not fully compatible devices.
What kind of standar I will need to check ...
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Trade Floor Network Design Feedback [closed]
I have an assignment that I am working on. Now I admit, I am far from knowledgeable and I have nowhere to turn to for help at the moment. I am not asking for someone to complete the assignment for me, ...
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How is the source link-layer address in IPv6 router solicitation(RS) messages used?
When I analyze the router solicitation(RS) messages, then they contain the MAC address of the sending host. How does the router use this MAC address seen in ICMPv6 message? Does it simply use it as a ...
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How does WAN work?
I understand the basics.
WAN is a network that connects multiple LANs together. Usually the router is the connection between the LAN and WAN. But I have some questions books and the internet could not ...
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If the IPv6 address will be strictly based on EUI-64 logic then is there any real need of Neighbour Discovery Protocol?
I am building my fundamentals on IPv6 and have realised the multicast group is nothing but FF02::1:FFXX:XXXX. Here xxx is nothing but 24-bits of Mac-address
(48 bits) with simple 7th bit magic. ...
