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IPv6 Unicast Address

leepeiwai
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The answer for the question below is 3.

Why can't 4 be a valid unicast address?

Which address is a valid IPv6 unicast address?

1.    FE90::1::FFFF

2.    FD80::1::1234

3.    FE80::1:4545:6578:ABC1

4.    FEA0::100::7788:998F

5.    FC90::::5678:4251:FFFF

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mlund
Level 7
Level 7

Hi

Taken the same example as Ganesh.

2001:cdba:0000:0000:0000:0000:3257:9652
2001:cdba:0:0:0:0:3257:9652

2001:cdba::3257:9652

this example shows how You can group a set of zeroe's together and write it as :: instead.

However this double :: can only be present once, so an address written as

2001:cdba:0:0:1:0:0:9652 can be written either as
2001:cdba:0:0:1::9652 or

2001:cdba::1:0:0:9652 but not

2001:cdba::1::9652

In question 1,2 and 4 there are two groups of :: , this is not valid, and in q5 it's written ::::, wich is also not a legal address.

/Mikael

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Ganesh Hariharan
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

The answer for the question below is 3.

Why can't 4 be a valid unicast address?

Which address is a valid IPv6 unicast address?

1.    FE90::1::FFFF

2.    FD80::1::1234

3.    FE80::1:4545:6578:ABC1

4.    FEA0::100::7788:998F

5.    FC90::::5678:4251:FFFF

Hi,

Answers 3 is correct is because fe80::/10  is a link-local prefix offered by IPv6. This address prefix signifies that the address is valid only in the local physical link.An IPV6  Unicast address acts as an identifier for a single interface. An IPv6 packet sent to a Unicast address is delivered to the interface identified by that address.IPv6 addresses are denoted by eight groups of hexadecimal quartets separated by colons in between them.

Following is an example of a valid IPv6 address: 2001:cdba:0000:0000:0000:0000:3257:9652

Any four-digit group of zeroes within an IPv6 address may be reduced to a single zero or altogether omitted. Therefore, the following IPv6 addresses are similar and equally valid:

2001:cdba:0000:0000:0000:0000:3257:9652
2001:cdba:0:0:0:0:3257:9652

2001:cdba::3257:9652

Network Notation in IPV6 follows the below example

2001:cdba:9abc:5678::/64 denotes the network address 2001:cdba:9abc:5678. This network comprises of addresses rearranging from 2001:cdba:9abc:5678:: up to 2001:cdba:9abc:5678:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff. In a similar fashion, a single host may be denoted as a network with a 128-bit prefix. In this way, IPv6 allows a network to comprise of a single host and above.

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Ganesh.H

Ganesh, Thanks for your reply.

However, my question is why 4.(FEA0::100::7788:998F) is not a valid unicast IPv6?

I read that IPv6 private addresses begin with FE, and follow with 8 to F.

Therefore, all 1,3,4 can be unicast address?

1.    FE90::1::FFFF

2.    FD80::1::1234

3.    FE80::1:4545:6578:ABC1

4.    FEA0::100::7788:998F

5.    FC90::::5678:4251:FFFF

Ganesh, Thanks for your reply.

However, my question is why 4.(FEA0::100::7788:998F) is not a valid unicast IPv6?

I read that IPv6 private addresses begin with FE, and follow with 8 to F.

Therefore, all 1,3,4 can be unicast address?

1.    FE90::1::FFFF

2.    FD80::1::1234

3.    FE80::1:4545:6578:ABC1

4.    FEA0::100::7788:998F

5.    FC90::::5678:4251:FFFF

Hi,

A link-local unicast address has the prefix fe80::/10 in standard IPv6 addressing scehme and following are the cases with meaning of address used

2001:db8::/32 This is a documentation prefix allowed in the IPv6. All the examples of IPv6 addresses should ideally use this prefix to indicate that it is an example.
fec0::/10 This is a site-local prefix offered by IPv6. This address prefix signifies that the address is valid only within the local organization. Subsequently, the usage of this prefix has been discouraged by the RFC.

fc00::/7 This is called the Unique Local Address (ULA). These addresses are routed only within a set of cooperating sites. These were introduced in the IPv6 to replace the site-local addresses. These addresses also provide a 40-bit pseudorandom number that reduces the risk of address conflicts.

ff00::/8 This prefix is offered by IPv6 to denote the multicast addresses. Any address carrying this prefix is automatically understood to be a multicast address.

fe80::/10 This is a link-local prefix offered by IPv6. This address prefix signifies that the address is valid only in the local physical link.

Check out the below link for address scehme

http://www.6diss.org/workshops/saf/addressing.pdf

Hope to help !!

Ganesh.H

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mlund
Level 7
Level 7

Hi

Taken the same example as Ganesh.

2001:cdba:0000:0000:0000:0000:3257:9652
2001:cdba:0:0:0:0:3257:9652

2001:cdba::3257:9652

this example shows how You can group a set of zeroe's together and write it as :: instead.

However this double :: can only be present once, so an address written as

2001:cdba:0:0:1:0:0:9652 can be written either as
2001:cdba:0:0:1::9652 or

2001:cdba::1:0:0:9652 but not

2001:cdba::1::9652

In question 1,2 and 4 there are two groups of :: , this is not valid, and in q5 it's written ::::, wich is also not a legal address.

/Mikael

Thanks Ganesh and Mikael for your explaination.

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