CCNA Packet Tracer Lab IPv6 To IPv4 Tunnel

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CCNA Packet Tracer lab IPv6 to

IPv4 Tunnel
In our last article we used Packet tracer to build a dual stack network that supported
both IPv4 and IPv6, but because not all networks support dual-stack, tunneling is
used to transfer IPv6 traffic across an existing IPv4 networks. Many current internet
users do not have IPv6 dual-stack support, and thus cannot reach IPv6 sites directly.
Instead, they must use IPv4 infrastructure to carry IPv6 packets. This is done using a
technique known as tunneling, which encapsulates IPv6 packets within IPv4, in
effect using IPv4 as a link layer for IPv6.
There are basic two types of IPv6 tunnels, manual, automatic. The primary
difference in these tunneling techniques is the method in which the tunnel source
and destination are determined.

Manual Tunnels:
Manual tunnels must be configured manually. These tunnels are used when using
IPv6 addresses that do not have any embedded IPv4 information. The IPv6 and IPv4
addresses of the endpoints of the tunnel must be specified.

Automatic tunnels:
Automatic tunnels are configured by using IPv4 address information embedded in
an IPv6 address the IPv6 address of the destination host includes information
about which IPv4 address the packet should be tunneled to.
I would of like to created labs for both of these tunnel types but even though I am
using Packet Tracer 6 the support for automatic IPv6 tunneling is not there,
therefore in this article we will only be covering the manual tunnel.
The configuration of manually configured tunnels for IPv6 is self-explanatory. It
requires definite specification of the tunnel IPv4 source and the tunnel IPv4
destination. The only drawback of when you use this technique is the amount of
administration you must perform when the number of tunnels grows.
I have included the Packet Tracer topology for this lab along with a network drawing
and the final solution configs.

Task:
Configure the Packet Tracer lab as shown in the network diagram.
Configure manual IPv6 to Ipv4 tunnels to allow all end devices to ping each other.

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