IPv6 Fundamentals Course

Course Language: English

Learn the fundamentals of IPv6, including key concepts of IPv6 Header Format, IPv6 Extension Headers, IPv6 Address Representation, IPv6 Address Types, IPv6 Neighbor Discovery & Address Autoconfiguration. This course includes a Practice Lab configuring SLAAC/DHCPv6 on either Cisco, Juniper or MikroTik routers. This course takes approx. 3-4 hours to complete.

Course Content

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Modules Status

Module 1: IPv6 Header Format

Topic 1.1: IPv6 Packet Header Overview

Topic 1.2: Version, Source and Destination Address

Topic 1.3: Traffic Class and Flow Label

Topic 1.4: Payload Length

Topic 1.5: Next Header

Topic 1.6: Hop Limit

Topic 1.7: IPv6 Packet Demo

Module 2: IPv6 Extension Headers

Topic 2.1: IPv6 Extension Headers Introduction

Topic 2.2: Hop-by-Hop Options Header

Topic 2.3: Routing Header

Topic 2.4: Fragment Header

Topic 2.5: Destination Options Header

Topic 2.6: IPv6 Extension Header Order

Module 3: IPv6 Address Representation

Topic 3.1: IPv6 Address Components

Topic 3.2: Omitting Leading Zeros

Topic 3.3: Double Colon “::”

Topic 3.4: IPv6 Prefix and URI Syntax

Topic 3.5: Ping and DNS Query on IPv6

Module 4: IPv6 Address Types

Topic 4.1: IPv6 Address Types Overview

Topic 4.2: IPv6 Unicast Addresses: The Unspecified Address, The Loopback Address and IPv6 Addresses with Embedded IPv4 Addresses

Topic 4.3: IPv6 Unicast Addresses: Global Unicast Addresses

Topic 4.4: IPv6 Unicast Addresses: Link-Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses

Topic 4.5: IPv6 Unicast Addresses: Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses

Topic 4.6: IPv6 Anycast Addresses

Topic 4.7: IPv6 Multicast Addresses: Introduction

Topic 4.8: IPv6 Multicast Addresses: IPv6 Solicited-Node Multicast Addresses

Module 5: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery & Address Autoconfiguration

Topic 5.1: ICMPv6 Messages for Neighbor Discovery

Topic 5.2: IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration: Overview

Topic 5.3: IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration: Creation of Link-Local Address

Topic 5.4: IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration: Duplicate Address Detection

Topic 5.5: IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration: Creation of Global Unicast Address (SLAAC, Stateless and Stateful DHCPv6)

Topic 5.6: Neighbor Unreachability Detection

Topic 5.7: Address Resolution

Topic 5.8: Redirection

Topic 5.9: Path MTU Discovery

IPv6 Fundamentals Course

Course Content

Module 1: IPv6 Header Format Topic 1.1: IPv6 Packet Header Overview Topic 1.2: Version, Source and Destination Address Topic 1.3: Traffic Class and Flow Label Topic 1.4: Payload Length Topic 1.5: Next Header Topic 1.6: Hop Limit Topic 1.7: IPv6 Packet Demo

Module 2: IPv6 Extension Headers Topic 2.1: IPv6 Extension Headers Introduction Topic 2.2: Hop-by-Hop Options Header Topic 2.3: Routing Header Topic 2.4: Fragment Header Topic 2.5: Destination Options Header Topic 2.6: IPv6 Extension Header Order

Module 3: IPv6 Address Representation Topic 3.1: IPv6 Address Components Topic 3.2: Omitting Leading Zeros Topic 3.3: Double Colon “::” Topic 3.4: IPv6 Prefix and URI Syntax Topic 3.5: Ping and DNS Query on IPv6

Module 6: SLAAC/DHCPv6 Practice Lab

Module 1: IPv6 Header Format

Topic 1.1: IPv6 Packet Header Overview

Topic 1.2: Version, Source and Destination Address

Topic 1.3: Traffic Class and Flow Label

Topic 1.4: Payload Length

Topic 1.5: Next Header

Topic 1.6: Hop Limit

Topic 1.7: IPv6 Packet Demo

Module 2: IPv6 Extension Headers

Topic 2.1: IPv6 Extension Headers Introduction

Topic 2.2: Hop-by-Hop Options Header

Topic 2.3: Routing Header

Topic 2.4: Fragment Header

Topic 2.5: Destination Options Header

Topic 2.6: IPv6 Extension Header Order

Module 3: IPv6 Address Representation

Topic 3.1: IPv6 Address Components

Topic 3.2: Omitting Leading Zeros

Topic 3.3: Double Colon “::”

Topic 3.4: IPv6 Prefix and URI Syntax

Topic 3.5: Ping and DNS Query on IPv6