IPv6 Multicast is a BGP address family (AFI 2, SAFI 2) that enables BGP to carry multicast routing information for IPv6 networks. It provides Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) information for IPv6 ...

IPv6 Multicast is a BGP address family (AFI 2, SAFI 2) that enables BGP to carry multicast routing information for IPv6 networks. It provides Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) information for IPv6 ...

In addition to IPv4 (often written as just IP), there is IP version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 was developed as IPng (“IP:The Next Generation” because the developers were supposedly fans of the TV show “Star Trek ...

At last, a small set of unicast addresses have been defined for special use. They do not carry a scope, so they are discussed independently of the other unicast addresses. Two basic addresses carry ...

IPv6 is a powerful enhancement to IPv4 with features that better suit current and foreseeable network demands, including the following: IPv6 increases the number of address bits by a factor of 4, from ...

IPv6 represents a major leap forward for internet and enterprise networks. In the first of a two-part feature, Alan Clark takes the old model for an MoT and checks out the new v6. The current ...

I’ve written about IPv6 address design previously, and in that post I briefly touched on the fact that our long-ingrained habits of IPv4 address design can lead us astray when working with IPv6. I’d ...

The author is broadcast technical writer for Tieline Technology. Since 1981, IPv4 has been the predominant Internet Protocol (IP) architecture and it is currently the foundation for most Internet ...