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Tunnels
At its simplest, two IPv6 hosts or networks can be joined together via IPv4 with a tunnel, i.e. an arrangement whereby a device at each end acts as a tunnel end-point. Typically such a tunnel connects two IPv6 routers, using a very simple IPv6-in-IPv4 encapsulation described in RFC4213, using IP Protocol number 41 to tell IPv4 that the payload is IPv6. Conversely, IPv4-in-IPv6 tunnels are also possible, using IPv6 Next Header value 4 to tell IPv6 that the payload is IPv4.
However, such simple encapsulation is rarely needed today, with direct IPv6 transit being widely available. Tunnels are used in numerous co-existence scenarios, some of which we will now describe.
TBD