stateless address autoconfiguration
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... for generating site-local and global addresses via stateless address
autoconfiguration, and the Duplicate Address Detection procedure. The
details of autoconfiguration ...
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IPv6 defines both a stateful and stateless address autoconfiguration
mechanism. Stateless autoconfiguration ...
... site requires tighter control over exact address assignments. Both
stateful and stateless address autoconfiguration may be used
simultaneously. The site administrator specifies which type of
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... that is (at least) unique per link [ADDR-ARCH]. Stateless
address autoconfiguration combines an interface identifier with
a prefix ...
... Router Advertisements also contain zero or more Prefix Information
options that contain information used by stateless address
autoconfiguration to generate site-local and global addresses. It
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... independently of one another, and a host may use both stateful and
stateless address autoconfiguration simultaneously. One Prefix
Information option field, the "autonomous address ...
... Each individual unicast address SHOULD be tested for uniqueness.
However, when stateless address autoconfiguration is used,
address uniqueness is determined solely by the interface
identifier ...