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IPv6 Transition Technologies

Microsoft Corporation

Published: October 2003

Updated: February 2008

Abstract

The migration of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) will not happen overnight. There will be a period of transition when both protocols are in use over the same infrastructure. To address this transition period, the designers of IPv6 have created technologies and address types so that IPv6 nodes can communicate with each other in a mixed environment, even if they are separated by an IPv4-only infrastructure. This white paper describes the IPv6 transition technologies that are supported by the IPv6 protocol for Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Vista™. This white paper is intended for network engineers and support professionals who are already familiar with basic networking concepts, TCP/IP, and IPv6.

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