Chapter 5. IPv6 Addressing and Services

This chapter presents background and configuration information on IPv6 addressing and services provided by the router, with a focus on the following topics:

5-1: IP Addressing: IPv6 addresses must be assigned to an interface for the router to pass IPv6 traffic. This section covers the various types of IPv6 addresses (unicast, multicast, and anycast) and configuring IPv6 addresses.

5-2: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Version 6 (DHCPv6): Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client server protocol that enables clients to be configured with the appropriate IP configuration parameters via the DHCP server process. This section discusses how a router can be configured to act as a DHCP server. ...

Get Cisco Router Configuration Handbook, Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.