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Oracle Solaris Administration: IP Services Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
1. Planning the Network Deployment
Determining the Network Hardware
Deciding on an IP Addressing Format for Your Network
Private Addresses and Documentation Prefixes
Naming Entities on Your Network
Selecting a Name Service and Directory Service
2. Considerations When Using IPv6 Addresses
3. Configuring an IPv4 Network
4. Enabling IPv6 on the Network
5. Administering a TCP/IP Network
7. Troubleshooting Network Problems
11. Administering the ISC DHCP Service
12. Configuring and Administering the DHCP Client
13. DHCP Commands and Files (Reference)
14. IP Security Architecture (Overview)
16. IP Security Architecture (Reference)
17. Internet Key Exchange (Overview)
19. Internet Key Exchange (Reference)
20. IP Filter in Oracle Solaris (Overview)
Part IV Networking Performance
22. Integrated Load Balancer Overview
23. Configuration of Integrated Load Balancer (Tasks)
24. Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (Overview)
25. VRRP Configuration (Tasks)
26. Implementing Congestion Control
Part V IP Quality of Service (IPQoS)
27. Introducing IPQoS (Overview)
28. Planning for an IPQoS-Enabled Network (Tasks)
29. Creating the IPQoS Configuration File (Tasks)
30. Starting and Maintaining IPQoS (Tasks)
31. Using Flow Accounting and Statistics Gathering (Tasks)
An IPv4 network is defined by a combination of an IPv4 network number plus a network mask, or netmask. An IPv6 network is defined by its site prefix, and, if subnetted, its subnet prefix.
To enable the private network to communicate to external networks in the Internet, you must obtain a registered IP number for your network from the appropriate organization. This address becomes the network number for your IPv4 addressing scheme or the site prefix for your IPv6 addressing scheme.
Internet Service Providers provide IP addresses for networks with pricing that is based on different levels of service. Investigate with various ISPs to determine which provides the best service for your network. ISP's typically offer dynamically allocated addresses or static IP addresses to businesses. Some ISPs offer both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
If your site is an ISP, you obtain IP address blocks for your customers from the Internet Registry (IR) for your locale. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is ultimately responsible for delegating registered IP addresses to IRs around the world. Each IR has registration information and templates for the locale that the IR services. For information about the IANA and its IRs, refer to the IANA's IP Address Service page.