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Configure static IPv6 routes

Configure static IPv6 routes

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Configure static IPv6 routes

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- [Instructor] Routing an IPv6 isn't too different than routing an IPv4. Depending on the platform IPv6 may not be enabled for unicast-routing by default. Issuing a ipv6 unicast-routing command will correct that. If it's not enabled then the router won't be able to forward IPv6 traffic. The static route creation command is quite similar to IPv4. It just starts with IPv6 route instead of IP route. Examine this diagram. Host A and B are configured as well as all IPv6 addresses are assigned to the routers. I'll start by adding a state route on Router 1 to reach Host B's subnet. I specify the next hop router IP address either exclusively or in addition to the interface. In this case, I'll just use the next hop IP, Ipv6 route 2001:0:0:3::/64 to next hop 2001:0:0:2::2. I'll now issue a show ipv6 route which shows me that Router 1 now knows how to forward traffic to reach Host B. Something else of note is there are no routes for connected or local routes for link-local addresses. I'll pop…

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