IPV6 is driving me crazy

ToddB

Is there a good or easy to understand doc. or book you can think o6.

my trouble is stateless I guess I'm having trouble putting it together. Most times I over think it. I bet I'm doing the same, I'm reading Chris Bryant's e-book.

thehourman

This is how I understand the stateless IPv6:

The host who uses stateless auto-configuration does it like this:
e.g. When the host first connected to the network and does not have an ipv6 address, it first create an Link Local address, like something like this FE80::200:45FF:FE85:222B.
Then after that, it will then send an RS using NDP, and the source address will be the its Link Local.
Once the router get the RS, it will then send right away a RA reply with the network prefix and default gateway information.
Once the host get the RA, the host will use the prefix it gets from the router, and add its MAC address with FFFE in the middle of the MAC address.

Slowhand

Understanding IPv6, Second Edition, no question. It's the best book out there on IPv6 as it is today.