IPv6 workshops

This is the basic course that we will run by default at all locations where we are doing training for the first time.

• IPv4 addressing and subnetting.
• The OSI model and the various protocols that operate at each layer.
• Intra-domain routing and OSPF.
• How to use the command line interfaces of key routing platforms (e.g Cisco IOS).

• IPv6 fundamentals

• IPv4 exhaustion and the case for IPv6 ["Why a new IP?"]
• Why NAT is not a sustainable solution to IPv4 exhaustion
• IPv6: Fact|Reality vs Fiction/Myth
• Understanding IPv6 addressing
  • Global Unicast Unique Local Addresses
  • Link Local
  • Multicast Addresses
  • How IPv6 Addresses are Allocated.
• IPv6 Address Planning
• IPv6 from an IPv4 Perspective
  • Neighbour Discovery
  • ICMPv6 Messages Used by ND
  • IPv4 vs IPv6: Head-to-Head
    • Packet Structure
    • Duplicate Address Detection
    • Finding out neighbour's L2 addresses
    • Host Configuration [Windows, Linux/Unix]
    • Automatic Address assignment - Stateless Address Configuration and DHCPv6
    • FQDN-to-IP Address Resolution: DNS
    • Subnetting in IPv6
• Fundamentals of Routing in IPv6
  • Static routing
  • Intra-domain routing with OSPFv3
  • Inter-domain routing with BGPv4
• Transition Mechanisms
  • The problem that transition mechanisms solve.
  • Configuring manual tunnels.
  • Configuring 6to4 Automatic tunnels.
  • Overview of other translation techniques
• IPv6 Equipment & Software Buyers' Guide
• Labs/Exercises
  • Configuring IPv6 clients (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux/Unix)
    • Static Configuration
    • Automatic Configuration
    • Testing IPv6 connectivity with ping6 and traceroute6
  • Routing
    • Enabling IPv6 routing and configuring IPv6 addresses
    • Configuring static routing
    • Inter-domain routing with OSPFv3
  • Transition Techniques
    • Manual tunnels
    • Automatic 6to4 tunnels.

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