Chapter 4 -- The IPv6 Header

Chapter 4

At the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

• Describe the structure of an IPv6 packet.
• List and describe the fields in the IPv4 header.
• List and describe the fields in the IPv6 header.
• Compare and contrast the fields in the IPv4 header with the fields in the IPv6 header.
• List and describe each IPv6 extension header.
• Describe the IPv6 maximum transmission unit (MTU).
• Describe the new pseudo-header used for upper-layer checksums.