Ebook: IPv6 Essentials

IPv6 Essentials, Second Edition provides a succinct, in-depth tour of all the new features and functions in IPv6. It guides you through everything you need to know to get started, including how to configure IPv6 on hosts and routers and which applications currently support IPv6. Aimed at system and network administrators, engineers, network designers, and IT managers, this book will help you understand, plan for, design, and integrate IPv6 into your current IPv4 infrastructure.;IPv6 Essentials; About This Book; Organization; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Enabled; Comments and Questions; Acknowledgments; 1. Why IPv6?; 1.2. What & s New in IPv6?; 1.3. Why Do We Need IPv6?; 1.4. Common Misconceptions; 1.5. When Is It Time for IPv6?; 1.6. IPv6 Around the World; 1.6.2. Europe; 1.6.3. The United States; 1.7. IPv6 Status and Vendor Support; 1.8. References; 2. The Structure of the IPv6 Protocol; 2.2. The Fields in the IPv6 Header; 2.2.2. Traffic Class (1 Byte); 2.2.3. Flow Label (20 Bits); 2.2.4. Payload Length (2 Bytes).