IPv6 concepts

Before you implement IPv6 on your system, you need to understand the basic IPv6 concepts, such as IPv6 address formats, IPv6 address types, and neighbor discovery.

IPv6 address formats
The size and format of the IPv6 address expand addressing capability.
IPv6 address types
This information shows the categories of different IPv6 address types, and explains the uses for each of them.
Neighbor discovery
Neighbor discovery allows hosts and routers to communicate with one another.
Stateless address autoconfiguration
Stateless address autoconfiguration automates some of the network administrator's tasks.
Address autoconfiguration with DHCPv6
DHCP for IPv6 provides stateful address autoconfiguration for IPv6 nodes.

Parent topic: Internet Protocol version 6

Related concepts

Scenario: Creating an IPv6 local area network