System Administration Guide: IP Services

6to4-Derived Addresses

If you plan to configure a 6to4 tunnel from a router or host endpoint, you must advertise the 6to4 site prefix in the /etc/inet/ndpd.conf file on the endpoint system. For an introduction and tasks for configuring 6to4 tunnels, refer to How to Configure a 6to4 Tunnel.

The next figure shows the parts of a 6to4 site prefix.

Figure 11–1 Parts of a 6to4 Site Prefix

This figure shows the format of a 6to4 site prefix and
shows a site prefix example. The cited tables explain the information in the
figure.

The next figure shows the parts of a subnet prefix for a 6to4 site, such as you would include in the ndpd.conf file.

Figure 11–2 Parts of a 6to4 Subnet Prefix

This figure shows the format of a 6to4 prefix and shows
a prefix example. The following context explains the information in the figure.

This table explains the parts of a 6to4 subnet prefix, their respective lengths, and their definitions.

Part	Length	Definition
Prefix	16 bits	6to4 prefix label 2002 (0x2002).
IPv4 address	32 bits	Unique IPv4 address that is already configured on the 6to4 interface. For the advertisement, you specify the hexadecimal representation of the IPv4 address, rather than the IPv4 dotted-decimal representation.
Subnet ID	16 bits	Subnet ID, which must be a value that is unique for the link at your 6to4 site.

6to4-Derived Addressing on a Host

When an IPv6 host receives the 6to4-derived prefix by way of a router advertisement, the host automatically reconfigures a 6to4-derived address on an interface. The address has the following format:

prefix:IPv4-address:subnet-ID:interface-ID/64

The output from the ifconfig -a command on a host with a 6to4 interface might resemble the following:

qfe1:3: flags=2180841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,ADDRCONF,ROUTER,IPv6>
 mtu 1500 index 7
        inet6 2002:8192:56bb:9258:a00:20ff:fea9:4521/64

In this output, the 6to4-derived address follows inet6.

This table explains the parts of the 6to4-derived address, their lengths and the information they provide.

Address Part	Length	Definition
`prefix`	16 bits	`2002`, which is the 6to4 prefix
`IPv4-address`	32 bits	`8192:56bb`, which is the IPv4 address, in hexadecimal notation, for the 6to4 pseudo-interface that is configured on the 6to4 router
subnet-ID	16 bits	`9258`, which is the address of the subnet of which this host is a member
interface-ID	64 bits	`a00:20ff:fea9:4521`, which is the interface ID of the host interface that is configured for 6to4