6over4
Sign in to save6over4 is an IPv6 transition mechanism meant to transmit IPv6 packets between dual-stack nodes on top of a multicast-enabled IPv4 network. IPv4 is used as a virtual data link layer (virtual Ethernet) on which IPv6 can be run.
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- How 6over4 works
- Link-local address generation
- Multicast Address Mapping
- Examples
- Neighbor Discovery
- Limit of 6over4
- References
- See also
6over4 is an IPv6 transition mechanism meant to transmit IPv6 packets between dual-stack nodes on top of a multicast-enabled IPv4 network. IPv4 is used as a virtual data link layer (virtual Ethernet) on which IPv6 can be run.
==How 6over4 works== 6over4 defines a trivial method for generating a link-local IPv6 address from an IPv4 address, and a mechanism to perform Neighbor Discovery on top of IPv4.
Connections
IPv6
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IPv6 transition mechanisms
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operating system
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hexadecimal
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Ethernet
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IPv4
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data-link layer
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Request for Comments
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packet
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multicast
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Neighbor Discovery Protocol
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Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6
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Teredo tunneling
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6to4
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Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol
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IPv6 rapid deployment
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NAT64
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6in4
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Tunnel broker
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Tunnel Setup Protocol
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