Chapter 8. Advanced IPv6

Terms you'll need to understand:

  • in.mpathd process

  • IPv6-over-IPv4 Tunnel

  • Multicast group

  • Tunnel

  • Tunnel Destination

  • Tunnel Source

Concepts you'll need to master:

  • Explain how to configure IPv6-over-IPv4 tunnels and IPv6 multipathing.

  • Explain how to troubleshoot IPv6 configuration and interface problems.

This chapter carries on from the previous chapter and covers multipathing with IPv6 and a mechanism for enabling two IPv6 interfaces to communicate over an IPv4 network. This is known as tunnelling. The chapter also looks at troubleshooting IPv6.

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