In computer networking, a link-local address is a network address that is valid only for communications on a local link, i.e. within a subnetwork that...

A unique local address (ULA) is an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address in the address range fc00::/7. These addresses are non-globally reachable...

computer network that uses a private address space of IP addresses. These addresses are commonly used for local area networks (LANs) in residential, office...

or the various IPv6 address formats of local scope or site-local scope, for example for link-local addressing. Public IP addresses may be used for communication...

prefix the same for all link-local addresses (fe80::/64 link-local address prefix), rendering them non-routable. Multicast addresses are formed according...

the least-significant 64 bits of a unicast network address or link-local address when stateless address autoconfiguration is used.) IPv6 uses a modified...

unique address. Should a non-unique address be detected, the host can try again with a newly generated address. Once a unique link-local address is established...

Cheshire; B. Aboba; E. Guttman (May 2005). Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses. Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC3927. RFC 3927. Proposed...

Link-local may refer to: Data link layer, the second layer of the OSI model of computer networking Link-local address, a computer network address Local...

The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a communication protocol used for discovering the link layer address, such as a MAC address, associated with a...

defines the special address block 169.254.0.0/16 for link-local addressing. These addresses are only valid on the link (such as a local network segment or...

systems for address autoconfiguration, which allows a device to determine a safe address to use through simple mechanisms. For link-local addressing, IPv4 uses...

multicast address range described in RFC 1884. Ethernet-specific In support of link-local multicasts which do not use IGMP, any IPv4 multicast address that...

A uniform resource locator (URL), colloquially known as an address on the Web, is a reference to a resource that specifies its location on a computer...

virtual links, all neighbor exchanges use IPv6 link-local addressing exclusively. The IPv6 protocol runs per link, rather than based on the subnet. All IP prefix...

rapid-commit present, the server's link-local address is fe80::0011:22ff:fe33:5566 and the client's link-local address is fe80::aabb:ccff:fedd:eeff. Client...

the local broadcast address and the all-ones host address of each subnet is that subnet's directed broadcast address. The directed broadcast address for...

email address, such as [email protected], is made up from a local-part, the symbol @, and a domain, which may be a domain name or an IP address enclosed...

link layer (virtual Ethernet) on which IPv6 can be run. 6over4 defines a trivial method for generating a link-local IPv6 address from an IPv4 address...

of a local area network. Inter-network routing and global addressing are higher-layer functions, allowing data-link protocols to focus on local delivery...

responders listen on UDP port 5355 on the following link-scope Multicast address: IPv4 - 224.0.0.252, MAC address 01-00-5E-00-00-FC IPv6 - FF02:0:0:0:0:0:1:3...

address themselves, or pass it to the local name resolver mechanisms. When a name resolver receives an address (A or AAAA) query for localhost, it should...

An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used to give the location of a building, apartment, or other structure...

also used to check if an address is already being used by the local-link or not, through a process called DAD (Duplicate Address Detection). The solicited-node...

Protocol (IPv4) address from a computer network, when all it has available is its link layer or hardware address, such as a MAC address. The client broadcasts...

The gateway address (or default gateway) is a router interface connected to the local network that sends packets out of the local network. The gateway...

carries no requirement of a matching on-link prefix and vice versa, with the exception of link-local addresses. Since each locally connected subnet must...

networks allow for local, private addresses, or locally administered addresses that may not be unique. Special network addresses are allocated as broadcast...

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stateless address autoconfiguration. IPv6 hosts may also use link-local addressing to achieve operations restricted to the local network link. The DHCP...