In this week’s IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed and Tom talk in depth about IPv6 Router Advertisements (or RAs), what they are, what they do, and why they’re critical to IPv6 operations.

Topics discussed include:

How IPv6 host configuration differs from IPv4 and the role that Router Advertisements play

The critical information Router Advertisement can contain

Configuration options for RAs

What RA flags accomplish

Security considerations when working with RAs

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Show Links:

Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6) – IETF

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for IPv6 Specification – IETF

IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration – IETF

IPv6 Router Advertisement Guard – IETF

Cisco IPv6 First Hop Security (FHS) – Cisco Systems

Jeff Carrell: Troubleshooting IPv6 in Wireshark – YouTube

Neighbor Discovery Protocol – Wikipedia

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