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Exercises

9.1 Creating Logical Interfaces and Configuring IPv6 Addresses

In this exercise, you use two Solaris 8 machines to create logical interfaces using the ifconfig command. You also configure IPv6 addresses on these logical interfaces.

Estimated Time: 15 minutes

1.
Create logical interfaces hem0:3 on both hosts using ifconfig hme0:3 inet6 plumb command.
2.
Configure IPv6 addresses on the logical interfaces for each machine. Keep in mind that you have to specify the inet6 command-line option with the ifconfig command.
3.
Use the ifconfig command to display the configured IP addresses.
4.
Try to ping to the other system using IPv6 address. If you can ping to the other host, the IPv6 configuration is successful. ...

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