IPv6 Flashcards
IPng
IP Next Generation
Another name for IPv6
IPv6
128-bit hexadecimal addressing
2 to the 128th power addresses available
Full IPv6 Address
All 32 hexadecimal positions contain a value other than 0
Network Prefix
Network portion of IPv6 address
Prefix Length
Number of bits used for network prefix
noted by /length
Interface Identifier
AKA Host Identifier
Host portion of IPv6 address
Always 64 bits long
6to4 prefix
Allows Ipv6 sites to communicate over IPv4 internet
Dual Stack
Indicates that IPv4 and IPv6 are running at the same time
Toredo
AKA Microsoft Toredo
Tunneling protocol that works behind NAT devices to provide connectivity to IPv6 devices via IPv4 internet
SLAAC
Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Host can self-configure its own link-local address
DAD
Duplicate Address Detection
Process of detecting another computer with the same IPv6 address