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How to break apart an IPv6 /56 6rd delegated prefix from ISP into multiple /64 VLANs for use with SLAAC EUI-64? [Cisco]

I have CenturyLink Internet service, and they have a 6RD IPv6 deployment where they hand out an IPv6 delegated prefix /56 block to me and allow me to use it as I wish. My Cisco ISR router receives the ...
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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 ipv6 address 2020:...
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Juniper SRX IPv6-PD update-router-advertisement issues

I'm trying to get some sweet prefix delegation working on my SRX. My provider offers DHCPv6-PD and gives out /56 addresses. I have done setups using cisco routers and am trying to replicate it onto a ...
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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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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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IPv6 Neighbor Discovery procedure with a ping example

Given the following capture (click to zoom): There are 3 routers attached to a switch. One of them pings FF02::1 (packet #2). I understand, that the other two routers have to figure out the first ...
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Can a Neighbor Advertisement response packet trigger the transition from STALE to DELAY?

I think the title is pretty descriptive. I cannot seem to find anything in the standard about what kind of packets could trigger the transition from the state STALE to the state DELAY, in the ...
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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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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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Can I run IPV6 L3VPN over MP-BGP IPV6?

I am looking for information about how to implement IPV6 L3VPN over MP-BGP IPV6 but i can see only IPV6 L3VPN over MP-BGP IPV4 (dual stack). When I implement ipv6 l3vpn over mp-bgp ipv4, I activate ...
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Subnet delegated prefix on SRX

I configured a Juniper SRX firewall to receive IPv6 prefix from upstream router: family inet6 { dhcpv6-client { client-type statefull; client-ia-...
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DHCPv6 - When is the Status Code Option added to the options field of an IA Address Option?

I was wondering if someone would be able to tell me when is the status code option (OPTION_STATUS_CODE) added to the options field of a OPTION_IAADDR or OPTION_IAPREFIX (RFC3633). The RFC seems to ...
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Fortigate and ipv6 routing

I have a Fortigate router and my ISP support ipv6. I'm getting a public ipv6 on the Fortigate and also on the computers on the lan (2a02:a18:9041....) I have not to much understanding of ipv6, but by ...
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How to route dynamic PPPoE prefix delegated IPv6 prefixes to a layer 3 switch on IOS XE

Network setup: IOS XE 16.x --> Cisco 3560G layer 3 switch --> clients The IOS XE device does PPPoE dialing to our ISP and runs some VPNs to other sites. The 3560G does inter-VLAN routing and ...
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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 ...