Teach Me IPv6 – IPv6 Hands-on Foundations

 

IPv6 Hands-on Foundations is an IPv6 Forum Certified Course (Gold) [pending] that is comprised of approximately 50% lecture and 50% hands-on labs, spanning 4 full days.

This course can be delivered either on-site or virtually. A remote access IPv6 hands-on lab system is used in either delivery method, requiring the participant to have: a computer, a Java enabled browser, and an Internet connection.

 

Course objectives

·     Understand the fundamental differences between IPv4 and IPv6

·     Understand IPv6 address architecture

·     Configure IPv6 on infrastructure, network, and client devices

·     Understand and configure DHCPv6 services

·     Understand IPv6 impact/differences on network applications

·     Understand and configure IPv6 supported routing protocols

·     Observe dual-stack (IPv4 & IPv6) operations

·     Understand and configure IPv6 related security issues

·     Understand and configure IPv6 transition technologies

Prerequisites

A strong networking background is expected, with hands-on configuration of network infrastructure devices as well as client/server operating systems. An understanding of IPv4 addressing, subnetting, and CIDR is also expected. General understanding of how network applications (DNS, DHCP, Web, Mail) operate on a network. An overall understanding of TCP/IP and the OSI reference model is expected.

 

IPv6 Hands-on Foundations - Course outline

1.        IPv6 Introduction

·             IPv4 and IPv6 history

·             Comparing IPv4 and IPv6

·             IPv6 status

2.        IPv6 Address Architecture

·             IPv6 address format

·             IPv6 different types of address

·             IPv6 address scopes

·             IPv6 Interface ID address types: EUI-64, Privacy Extension, and CGA

·             IPv6 special addresses

3.        IPv6 Header

·             Comparing IPv4 and IPv6

·             IPv6 header design

·             IPv6 header extensions

4.        ICMPv6 and IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)

·             ICMPv6 Overview

·             Comparing ICMP and ICMPv6

·             IPv6 message types

·             IPv6 fragmentation

·             IPv6 Path MTU

·             NDP

·          Neighbor Solicitation

·          Neighbor Advertisement

·          Router Solicitation

·          Router Advertisement

·          Redirect

5.        IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration

·             Link-Local

·             SLAAC

·             Stateful (DHCPv6)

·             Stateless DHCPv6

·             Combination Stateless & DHCPv6

·             Manual configured addresses

6.        IPv6 Support in Operating Systems

·             Cisco

·             HP

·             Juniper

·             Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8

·             Windows Server 2003/2008/2012

·             Linux

·             Mac OS X

7.        IPv6 Routing

·             Static

·             RIPng

·             Overview of OSPFv3, IS-IS, MP-BGP

·             EIGRP for IPv6

8.        OSPFv3

·             Protocol review

·             OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 comparison

·             Changes to support IPv6

·             OSPFv3 configuration example

9.        IS-IS

·             Protocol review

·             Changes to support IPv6

·             IS-IS for IPv6 configuration example

10.     MP-BGP

·             Protocol review

·             Changes to BGP4 for IPv6 support

·             IPv4 and IPv6 configuration comparison

·             MP-BGP prefix filtering

·             MP-BGP for IPv6 configuration example

11.     IPv6 Multicast

·             MLD & MLDv2

·             IPv6 multicast configuration example

12.     IPv6 Transition Technology - Tunnel

·             Manual tunnels

·             6to4

·             6in4

·             ISATAP

·             Teredo

13.     IPv6 Transition Technology - Translation

·             CGN/NAT444/LSN

·             NPTv6/NAT66

·             NAT64/DNS64

14.     IPv6 QoS

·             Compare IPv4 and IPv6 QoS fields

·             Flow Label field

15.     IPv6 Support for Network Applications

·             Operational caveats and differences

·             DNS requirements

·             DHCPv6 services

·             Web services

·             Mail services

16.     IPv6 Security

·             First Hop Security

·          ICMPv6

·          RA-Guard

·          DHCPv6 Snooping

·          SeND

·          ACLs

·             IPsec

·             Network scanning

·             IPv6 Security Assessment tools

17.     Mobile IPv6

·             Overview

18.     Preparing for IPv6 Deployment

·             Address planning

·             Network applications

·             Labs and testing

·             Security

·             Dual stack considerations