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The network administrator has been asked to give reasons for moving from IPv4 to IPv6. What are two valid reasons for adopting IPv6 over IPv4? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is A. no broadcast E. autoconfiguration. IPv6 improves on IPv4 by eliminating broadcast traffic and supporting stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC), reducing administrative overhead and network congestion.
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The network administrator has been asked to give reasons for moving from IPv4 to IPv6. What are two valid reasons for adopting IPv6 over IPv4? (Choose two.)
Options
- Ano broadcast
- Bchange of source address in the IPv6 header
- Cchange of destination address in the IPv6 header
- DTelnet access does not require a password
- Eautoconfiguration
- FNAT
How the community answered
(58 responses)- A90% (52)
- B5% (3)
- C2% (1)
- D3% (2)
Why each option
IPv6 improves on IPv4 by eliminating broadcast traffic and supporting stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC), reducing administrative overhead and network congestion.
IPv6 replaces broadcast with multicast and anycast, eliminating the bandwidth waste and processing overhead that IPv4 broadcasts impose on every host in a subnet - devices only process packets addressed to groups they have joined.
The ability to change a source address is not unique to IPv6 and is not a reason to migrate - both IPv4 and IPv6 support source address assignment.
Changing the destination address is not a feature or advantage specific to IPv6 over IPv4.
Telnet password requirements are a function of device configuration and security policy, completely unrelated to the IP version in use.
IPv6 supports Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC), allowing hosts to automatically generate their own global unicast addresses using the network prefix from Router Advertisement messages combined with a locally derived interface identifier, without requiring a DHCP server.
NAT is a workaround required by IPv4 address exhaustion - IPv6's vast address space makes NAT unnecessary, so NAT is a drawback of IPv4, not a reason to adopt IPv6.
Concept tested: IPv6 advantages over IPv4 - broadcast elimination and SLAAC
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6_basic/configuration/xe-16/ip6b-xe-16-book/ip6-basic-slaac.html
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