On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Carl Rosevear wrote:
So, I understand the main concepts behind IPv6. Most of my peers understand. We all have a detailed understanding of most things IPv4. I have Googled and read RFCs about IPv6 for HOURS. That said, to quickly try to minimize people thinking I am an idiot who asks before he reads, I need some answers. First of all, several of my friends who feel they are rather authoritative on the subject of things network-related have given me conflicting answers. So what's the question? ...
How does IPv6 addressing work?
If you are interested about the addressing architecture only, have a look at RFC 4291: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291 If you want to have some allocation guidelines from experiences, have a look at these slides: http://www.6deploy.org/tutorials/030-6deploy_ipv6_addressing_v0_2.pdf http://www.6deploy.org/tutorials/031-IPv6_addr_case_RENATER_Hungarnet_v0_1.p... http://www.6deploy.org/tutorials/131_Campus_IPv6_deployment_consideration_v0... Best Regards, Janos Mohacsi Network Engineer, Research Associate, Head of Network Planning and Projects NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY Key 70EF9882: DEC2 C685 1ED4 C95A 145F 4300 6F64 7B00 70EF 9882