Answer the following questions, and then refer to Appendix B, “Answers to Review Questions,” for the answers.
1: | What is the size in bits of the IPv4 address scheme? |
2: | Which classes of IPv4 addresses are not considered globally unique unicast IP addresses? |
3: | What is the main rationale behind IPv6? |
4: | Explain the consequences of the exhaustion of the IPv4 address space. |
5: | Describe the short history of IPv6 from 1993 to 2000. |
6: | Name some limitations of NAT. |
7: | Describe some of the features added by IPv6. |
8: | What is the size in bits of an IPv6 address? |
9: | Comparing the OSI reference model of IPv4 to that of IPv6, which layer is updated? |
10: | With plenty of IP addresses with IPv6, what is not desirable to have? |
11: | Define aggregation. |
12: | What happens when a customer changes IPv6 providers? |
13: | Why is multihoming more interesting with IPv6 than with IPv4? |
14: | Explain autoconfiguration. |
15: | Besides autoconfiguration, name the other methods used to configure IPv6 addresses on nodes. |
16: | Describe the disadvantages of ARP broadcast in IPv4. |
17: | List the main change in the IPv6 header compared to IPv4. |
18: | What is the purpose of an extension header? |
19: | List and define two mechanisms that are embedded in the IPv6 protocol but that are considered add-ons with IPv4. |
20: | How is the migration from IPv4 to IPv6 different from the Y2K bug? |
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