In this section of the chapter, let's dive in and see how IPv6 works. I will discuss how to assign an IPv6 address on a PC and a router's interface. I will also discuss stateful and stateless configurations and I will explain ICMPv6, which has been totally revamped.
So, how do you start to configure IPv6 on your network? Well, you need to start assigning IPv6 addresses, but unlike your PCs, on the routers, you must type the following command: ipv6-unicast routing. This command will turn on the features you need to route in IPv6.
You could assign addresses manually, but if it is a large network; copy/paste, my friends. Let me show you an example:
That address is not too bad to type out. If you look at the interface ID portion of the address, I got slick and used all zeros except for the last hex number. If I were to type that out...
