Understanding IPv6, Third Edition

Preface

The first edition of this book began in the spring of 1999. At that time, I developed a set of slides and presented an “Introduction to IPv6” course at Bellevue Community College in Bellevue, Washington, to four students. Although the turnout was not what I expected, the time spent learning IPv6, creating the slide presentation, and presenting IPv6 technology to these curious students proved to be an invaluable experience and prepared a firm foundation for future endeavors.

In 2000, as a technical writer for Windows, I wrote a white paper titled “Introduction to IP version 6” that is published on the Microsoft Windows IPv6 website (www.microsoft.com/ipv6) and generally inserted myself in any documentation task associated with IPv6. I also ...