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IP Addressing Explained (IPv4)

What is an IP Address? On the Internet, every connected device, from your laptop to the server hosting your favorite website, requires an address or Internet Protocol Address (IP address); without an IP address, devices would not be able to communicate with each other over the vast network that is the Internet. These addresses are like digital postal… Read More »

DHCPv6 Autoconfiguration Explained.

What Is DHCPv6  Autoconfiguration? DHCPv6 is a network protocol that works pretty much the same as DHCP in IPv4. It is used to assign IP addresses and prefixes to IPv6 hosts on a network. This is also known as a stateful autoconfiguration. How DHCPv6 Works. DHCPv6 works in two ways; Stateful and Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC). Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) SLACC requires no… Read More »

EIGRPv6 Explained with Examples.

What Is EIGRPv6? The Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) for IPv6 – EIGRPv6.  EIGRP is an enhanced version of the IGRP developed by Cisco. EIGRP for IPv6 works in the same way as EIGRP IPv4 where they can be configured and managed separately. EIGRPv6 is still a distant-vector routing protocol with the same link-state features, The hello… Read More »