Understanding IPv6 – 7 Part Series

This has been a very popular series for people completely new to IPv6 and still working to wrap their head around it all. I wrote this blog series I wish had been out there when I was new to IPv6. I hope you enjoy it tons.

Intended Audience: People who are new to IPv6 and just trying to wrap their head around concepts like IPv6 addressing, solicited-node multicast, and just exactly does all this work without ARP?

How knowing the IPv6 global unicast address gives us layer 2 IPv6 solicited-node multicast address
Resolving the MAC address in IPv6 without Broadcast. Layer 3 unicast to Layer 2 MAC address

The Journey Begins (Part 1 of 7)

Link-Local ‘Magic’ (Part 2 of 7)

A Sniffer Full Of 3s (Part 3 of 7)

What Is Solicited-Node Multicast? (Part 4 of 7)

Prepping For Solicited-Node Multicast (Part 5 of 7)

The Ping Before Solicited-Node Multicast (Part 6 of 7)

Solicited-Node Multicast In Action (Part 7 of 7)