In
Management and Information Technology
Network Management MGIT 62152
Internetworking with IPv6
Group 6
Sanjeewa Rathnayake - (FGS/M.Sc/MIT/2010/003)
S. A. Ranamukage - (FGS/M.Sc/MIT/2010/026)
Sandun Fernando - (FGS/M.Sc/MIT/2010/029)
Date: January 19, 2012
Department of Industrial Management,
Faculty of Science,
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Table of Contents List of Figures 4 List of Tables 4 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 Brief Introduction on IPv4 5 3.0 IPv4 Address Space 6 3.1 Structure of IPv4 6 3.2 IPv4 Address Syntax 8 3.3 IPv4 Classes 8 3.4 Private Addresses 9 3.5 Network Address Translation 9 4.0 Issues with IPv4 10 5.0 IPv4 vs IPv6 comparison 10 6.0 IPv6 Overview 11 6.1 IPv6 Features and Benefits 11 7. 0 IPv6 Address Management 14 7.1 IPv6 Address Space 14 8.0 IPv6 Address Types 15 9.0 IPv6 Prefixes 16 10.0 IPv6 special addresses 17 10.1 IPv6 Address Range 17 10.2 Global Unicast IPv6 Addresses 17 10.3 Local Unicast IPv6 Addresses 18 11.0 IPv6 Subnetting 21 12.0 IPv6 Host Configuration 22 12.1 IPv6 Configuration 22 13.0 IPv6 in Depth 23 13.1 Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6 (ICMPv6) 23 13.2 Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD) for IPv6 24 13.3 NeighborDiscovery Protocol (NDP) 24 13.4 Domain Name System (DNS) 25 13.5 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) 25 14.0 IPv6 Routing 25 14.1 Introduction to Routing with IPv6 25 15.0 IPv6 security and QoS 26 15.1 IPv6 security 26 15.2 IPv6 QoS 29 16.0 Migration from IPv4 to IPv6 30 17.0 IPv4 to IPv6 Transition technologies 30 18.0 Case study 32 18.1 Existing Network at the University of Kelaniya 32 18.2 IPv6 deployment in University of Kelaniya 33 19. 0 Conclusion 40 20.0 References 41
List of Figures Figure 1 : Structural representation on IPv4 Header 6 Figure 2 : IPv4 Classes 9 Figure 3 : IPv4 and IPv6 Header comparison 13 Figure 4 : IPv6 Prefixes 16 Figure 5
References: 1. Hurricane (n.d.) Hurricane Electric Internet Services. http://www.tunnelbroker.net [accessed 28 November 2012]. 2. LEARN (2009) IPv6 Deployment. http://www.learn.ac.lk/ipv6 [accessed 10 January 2013]. 3. Microsoft (2008) Introduction to IP Version 6. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21536 [accessed 14 January 2013]. 4. Online, S. (2010) Online IP Subnet Calculator and Network Tools. http://www.subnetonline.com [accessed 14 January 2013]. 5. Punithavathani, D.S. & Sankaranarayanan, K. (2009) IPv4/IPv6 Transition Mechanisms. European Journal of Scientific Research. Vol.34 (No.1) pp. pp.110-124.