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Ipv6 Tunneling Over Ipv4: Burhan Cheema Ccie#44786 1

IPv6 tunneling over IPv4 is required for migration since IPv4 and IPv6 are incompatible. Tunneling encapsulates IPv6 packets in IPv4 packets to allow routing. There are two tunneling methods - manual tunnels and GRE tunnels, which are similar but have minor differences. The document goes on to configure a topology with IPv6 tunnels between R1 and R3 to allow IPv6 routing over the IPv4 network.

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Ipv6 Tunneling Over Ipv4: Burhan Cheema Ccie#44786 1

IPv6 tunneling over IPv4 is required for migration since IPv4 and IPv6 are incompatible. Tunneling encapsulates IPv6 packets in IPv4 packets to allow routing. There are two tunneling methods - manual tunnels and GRE tunnels, which are similar but have minor differences. The document goes on to configure a topology with IPv6 tunnels between R1 and R3 to allow IPv6 routing over the IPv4 network.

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CCIE#44786

IPv6 tunneling over IPv4

Since IPv4 and IPv6 are not compatible with each other we need some migration
strategies. One technique that we can use is tunneling. Basically it means that we
encapsulate IPv6 packets into IPv4 packets (or the other way around) so that it can be
routed. there are two methods:
 Manual tunnels
 GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnels
Both tunnel types are very similar with just minor differences. Both support IPv6 IGPs
through the tunnel interface and forwarding of multicast traffic. The manual tunnels refer to
RFC 4213 which defines how to encapsulate IPv6 packets in IPv4. GRE is a generic
encapsulation type that rides on top of IPv4 and isn’t only for IPv6. It can carry many
different protocols and if you ever configured an IPSEC VPN with IGPs running through it
you had to use GRE.

I have configured the topology above for us. EIGRP is ensuring all IPv4 addresses are
reachable. I have also created the loopbacks and the islands of IPv6. We begin our
configurations by enabling RIP for IPv6 (RIP Next Generation;RIPng) on the loopbacks:

R1(config)#ipv6 unicast-routing
R1(config)#interface loopback 0
R1(config-if)#ipv6 rip CCIERIP enable
R1(config-if)#end
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R3(config)#ipv6 unicast-routing
R3(config)#interface loopback 0
R3(config-if)#ipv6 rip CCIERIP enable
R3(config-if)#end

Create a tunnel interface for IPv6 tunnel


R1(config)#interface tunnel 0
R1(config-if)#ipv6 address 2001:13::1/64
R1(config-if)#tunnel source fastethernet0/0
R1(config-if)#tunnel destination 10.20.20.3
R1(config-if)#tunnel mode ipv6ip
R1(config-if)#ipv6 rip CCIERIP enable
R1(config-if)#end

R3(config)#interface tunnel 0
R3(config-if)#ipv6 address 2001:13::3/64
R3(config-if)#tunnel source fastethernet0/0
R3(config-if)#tunnel destination 10.10.10.1
R3(config-if)#tunnel mode ipv6ip
R3(config-if)#ipv6 rip CCIERIP enable
R3(config-if)#end

Verification

R1#ping 2001:3::3

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