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IPv6 and IPv4 Characteristics
Characteristic
IPv6
IPv4
Fragmentation
Sending host only
Sending host and intermediate
routers
Loopback
address
0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
127.0.0.1
Address scope
types
Unicast, anycast, multicast
Unicast, multicast, broadcast
RFC 3056, Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds,
www.ietf.org/rfc.
RFC 2740, OSPF for IPv6,
www.ietf.org/rfc.
RFC 2463, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version
6 (IPv6) Specification,
www.ietf.org/rfc.
RFC 2874, DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and Renumbering,
.
RFC 2460, Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification,
www.ietf.org/rfc.
Doyle, J. and J. Carroll.
Routing TCP/IP, Volume I, Second Edition
. Indianapolis: Cisco
Press, 2005.
Doyle, J. and J. Carroll.
Routing TCP/IP, Volume II
. Indianapolis: Cisco Press, 2001.
RFC 3315, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6),
www.ietf.org/rfc.
RFC 2373, IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture,
www.ietf.org/rfc.
RFC 3513, Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture,
www.ietf.org/rfc.
RFC 3587, IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format,
www.ietf.org/rfc.
RFC 2374, An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format,
www.ietf.org/rfc.
Hopps, C. Routing IPv6 for IS-IS (draft),
www.simpleweb.org/ietf/internetdrafts/complete/
RFC 3879, Deprecating Site Local Addresses,
www.ietf.org/rfc.
Implementing IPv6 Networks Training,
www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/tech/
