Using both IPv4 and IPv6

In this section, we'll see how to make IPv6-only hosts communicate with other IPv6-only hosts through IPv4-only devices. There are several methods for doing this; we'll discuss IPV6 over IPv4 tunneling using Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE).

The GRE method encapsulates IPv6 packets within IPv4 packets and transports them over the IPv4 network. The receiving device decapsulates the packet and sends only the IPv6 information to the host. For this exercise, we'll use the following topology:

Using both IPv4 and IPv6

For routing, we will configure EIGRP on IPv4 interfaces for the three routers and static routing on R2 and R3. We will begin by configuring ...

Get Packet Tracer Network Simulator 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.