link-local address
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... IP version 6. The autoconfiguration
process includes creating a link-local address and verifying its
uniqueness on a link, determining what information should be
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... stateless mechanism, the stateful mechanism, or both. This document
defines the process for generating a link-local address, the process
for generating site-local and global addresses ...
... the absence of routers, a host can only generate link-local
addresses. However, link-local addresses are sufficient for allowing
communication among nodes ...
... routers, a host can only generate link-local
addresses. However, link-local addresses are sufficient for allowing
communication among nodes attached to the same link ...
... by some other means. However, it is expected that routers will
generate link-local addresses using the mechanism described in this
document. In addition, routers are expected to successfully pass the
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... router as a prerequisite for communicating. Plug-and-play
communication is achieved through the use of link-local
addresses. Link-local addresses have a well-known prefix ...
... router as a prerequisite for communicating. Plug-and-play
communication is achieved through the use of link-local
addresses. Link-local addresses have a well-known prefix that
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... nodes
attach. A host forms a link-local address by appending its
interface identifier to the link-local ...
... routers) begin the autoconfiguration process by
generating a link-local address for the interface. A link-local
address is formed by appending the interface ...
... generating a link-local address for the interface. A link-local
address is formed by appending the interface's identifier to the
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If a node determines that its tentative link-local address is not
unique, autoconfiguration stops and manual configuration ...
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Once a node ascertains that its tentative link-local address is
unique, it assigns it to the interface. At this point, the node ...
... interface identifier. Thus, if a node has already verified the
uniqueness of a link-local address, additional addresses created from
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... autoconfiguration process, a host may generate its
link-local address (and verify its uniqueness) in parallel with
waiting for a Router Advertisement. Because a router ...
... hosts, with two exceptions.
Routers are expected to generate a link-local address using the
procedure outlined below. In addition, routers perform Duplicate
Address Detection ...
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Beyond the formation of a link-local address and using Duplicate
Address Detection, how routers (auto)configure their interfaces ...
... Creation of Link-Local Addresses ...
... identifier is unique on the
link. In such cases, the link-local address MUST be tested for
uniqueness, and if no duplicate address is detected, an
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... system management error. If the address is a link-local address
formed from an interface identifier, the interface ...