Device Configuration (Dual Stack/IPv6)

As our network is working well in IPv4 mode lets enable dual stack. This is very easy as its only configuring the interface IP addresses and IPv6 routing.

You can refer the following table for assign Interface IPv6 addresses. In the following IPv6 addresses replace the PQRT segment with the IPv6 block assign to you. You can find your IP block from here.

VLAN	VLAN Name	Device Name	VLAN Interface IP
2	Core	CampusCore	2401:dd00:PQRT:2::FFFF/64
		FacACore	2401:dd00:PQRT:2::A/64
		FacBCore	2401:dd00:PQRT:2::B/64
10	FacA	FacACore	2401:dd00:PQRT:A110::FFFF/64
		Dept1PC	no interface IP
20	FacB	FacBCore	2401:dd00:PQRT:B220::FFFF/64
		Dept2PC	no interface IP
255	Router Connection/Public IP	CampusCore	2401:dd00:PQRT::FFFE/64

Core Network Layer

First Configure the CampusCore with IPv6 addresses and then move in to FacACore and FacBCore.

CampusCore

• Login to CampusCore? device. Give your console port password (class password)
• Go to config mode from user mode. Give your enable password (class password)
• Assign the IPv6 Address to the VLAN interface

  CampusCore(config)#interface vlan 2
  CampusCore(config-if)# ipv6 address 2401:dd00:PQRT:2::FFFF/64 
  CampusCore(config-if)# exit
  CampusCore(config)#interface vlan 255
  CampusCore(config-if)# ipv6 address 2401:dd00:PQRT::FFFE/64 
  CampusCore(config-if)# exit
  

• Next we have to configure unicast routing in the Switch

  CampusCore(config)#ipv6 unicast-routing
  

• Make sure you save the configurations to start-up

Then we will configure FacACore with it's IPv6 Addresses

FacACore

• Login to FacACore device. Give your console port password (class password)
• Go to config mode from user mode. Give your enable password (class password)
• Assign the IP Address to the VLAN interface and enable unicast routing

  FacACore(config)#interface vlan 2
  FacACore(config-if)#ipv6 address 2401:dd00:PQRT:2::A/64
  FacACore(config-if)#exit
  FacACore(config)#interface vlan 10
  FacACore(config-if)#ipv6 address 2401:dd00:PQRT:A110::FFFF/64
  FacACore(config-if)#exit 
  FacACore(config)#ipv6 unicast-routing
  FacACore(config)#exit
  FacACore#write
  

FacBCore

• Repeat same to configure FacBCore

  FacBCore(config)#interface vlan 2
  FacBCore(config-if)#ipv6 address 2401:dd00:PQRT:2::B/64
  FacBCore(config-if)#exit
  FacBCore(config)#interface vlan 20
  FacBCore(config-if)#ipv6 address 2401:dd00:PQRT:B220::FFFF/64
  FacBCore(config-if)#exit 
  FacBCore(config)#ipv6 unicast-routing
  FacBCore(config)#exit
  FacBCore#write
  

• Finally Verify the connectivity
  • Go to FacACore device
  • Go to privileged mode and ping CampusCore? and FacBCore

    ping 2401:dd00:PQRT:2::FFFF
    ping 2401:dd00:PQRT:2::B
    

• You should get a positive reply with "!!"

PC Auto Configuration

Log in to your Dept1PC and check its IP address by issuing ifconfig in console. You may notice that there is a new IPv6 address auto configured with the VLAN 10 prefix.

• Try ping IPv6 gateway

  ping6 2401:dd00:PQRT:A110::FFFF
  

• you will get a positive result

Check the same with Dept2PC. But now it should show an address from VLAN 20 prefix. Check connectivity by ping6 VLAN20 interface ipv6 address.

Connecting LAN to the Router

Now you have done LAN interface configuration. Let's start routers Configuration.

• Login to BorderRt? Router and switch to config mode
• Router's IP allocation is as follows. You can get your Router's IP address from here

Interface Name	IP Address
Fast Ethernet 0/0	2401:dd00:PQRT::FFFF/64
Fast Ethernet 0/1	<Your Routers WAN IPv6>

• Let's configure the LAN port (fa 0/0)

  BorderRt(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0
  BorderRt(config-if)#ipv6 address 2401:dd00:PQRT::FFFE/64
  BorderRt(config-if)#exit
  

• Configure the WAN port (fa 0/1)

  BorderRt(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/1
  BorderRt(config-if)#ipv6 address 2401:dd00:6::XXXX/64
  BorderRt(config-if)#exit
  BorderRt(config)#ipv6 unicast-routing
  BorderRt(config)#exit
  BorderRt#write
  

• You have successfully finished connecting CampusCore? to the BorderRt? router. Let's verify the connectivity using the ping command.