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IPV6 Configuration on Cisco Router:

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By default Cisco Router was enabled with only IPv4 traffic we have to give the command "ipv6 unicast-routing" on the cisco router to enable IPv6 traffic in the Cisco router.

R1(config)#ipv6 unicast-routing
Next configure the IPv6 address on the Interface as shown in below.

R1(config)#int Gi0/0
R1(config-if)#ipv6 address 2001:0BB9:AABB:1234::1024/64
Configure the IPv6  global unicast address on an interface using the ipv6 address address/prefix-length [eui-64] command. If you omit omit the eui-64 parameter, you will need to configure the entire address manually. After you enter this command, the link local address will be automatically derived.
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R1(config-if)#ipv6 address 2001:0BB9:AABB:1234::/64 eui-64
To verify with the show command : show ipv6 int gi0/0

R1#show ipv6 interface Gi0/0
GigabitEthernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up
  IPv6 is enabled, link-local address is FE80::201:42FF:FE65:3E01
  No Virtual link-local address(es):
  Global unicast address(es):
    2001:BB9:AABB:1234:201:42FF:FE65:3E01, subnet is 2001:BB9:AABB:1234::/64 [EUI]
  Joined group address(es):
    FF02::1
    FF02::2
    FF02::1:FF65:3E01
  MTU is 1500 bytes
  ....
From the output above we can verify two things:

the link local IPv6 address has been automatically configured. Link local IP addresses begin with FE80::/10 and the interface ID is used for the rest of the address. Because the MAC address of the interface is 00:01:42:65:3E01, the calculated address is FE80::201:42FF:FE65:3E01.
the global IPv6 address has been created using the modified EUI-64 method. Remember that IPv6 global addresses begin with 2000::/3. So in our case, the IPv6 global address is 2001:BB9:AABB:1234:201:42FF:FE65:3E01.


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                                                                                                                        Sudhakar Ganapareddy

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