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IPv6 autoconfiguration

IPv6 autoconfiguration

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IPv6 autoconfiguration

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- [Instructor] In this video, let's consider some ways that a device like PC 1 might obtain IPv6 address information. One way would be for us to statically assign all that information. We could do that or PC one could obtain that information automatically. Let's take a look at a couple of options. One is stateful auto-configuration and this is where we use a DHCPv6 server. And this works very similarly to a DHCP server for IPv4, where the server can provide all of our IP address information. In this case, the DHCPv6 server provides PC 1 with everything it needs, the prefix length. In other words, the first 64 bits of our IPv6 address, the host portion of the address, the last 64 bits, and any extra information such as, the IP address of a DNS server. However, another option is to use IPv6 stateless auto-configuration With stateless auto-configuration, this PC does not have to get all of its information from the…

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