HP-UX IPv6 Porting Guide (September 2004)
Table Of Contents
- About This Document
- 1 Introduction
- 2 IPv6 Addressing
- 3 Data Structure Changes
- 4 Migrating Applications from IPv4 to IPv6
- 5 Overview of IPv4 and IPv6 Call Set-up
- 6 Function Calls Converting Names to Addresses
- 7 Function Calls Converting IP addresses to Names
- 8 Reading Error Messages
- 9 Freeing Memory
- 10 Converting Binary and Text Addresses
- 11 Testing for Scope and Type of IPv6 addresses using Macros
- 12 Identifying Local Interface Names and Indexes
- 13 Configuring or Querying an Interface using IPv6 ioctl() Function Calls
- 14 Verifying IPv6 Installation
- 15 Sample Client/Server Programs
- A IPv4 to IPv6 Quick Reference Guide
IPv6 Addressing
Comparing IPv4 and IPv6 Addresses
Chapter 2 9
IPv6 addresses are classless, using Classless Internet Domain Registry CIDR format. The
prefix follows the IPv6 address (<IPv6 addr>”/”<prefix>) and denotes the size of a subnet.
Example: 8:7:6:5:4:3:2:1/16
Table 2-1
0::0a09:0807 IPv4-compatible address
::0a09:0807 First zero removed
::10.9.8.7 Combined hex and decimal format