Network+ IPv6 Concepts and Casting
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Was just a tad confused on this section if I can get some clarification.
Casts:
Unicast
Multicast
AnycastConcepts:
Tunneling
DualStack
Router Advertisements (RA)
Stateless Address Autoconfguration (SLACC)For each of the cast types, does each one use 1 or more than 1 specific concept or is this a case by case basis?
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@Brian-Abbott great question, here you go
Communication types:
Unicast - a one-to-one communication (single destination) Multicast - one-to-many communication (more than one destination, called groups Anycast - one-to-the-closest communication (single destination IP address shared by multiple nodes, commonly servers)
Concepts
Tunneling - a method to transport IPv6 addressed packets over IPv4 infrastructure Dual stack - provides the use of both IPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously on networked devices Router Advertisements (RAs) - messages to nodes on a network of a router's availability and information to neighbor nodes used in autoconfiguration Stateless Address Autoconfguration (SLACC) - provides a mechanism for IPv6 enabled devices to automatically generate unique IPv6 addresses without any device keeping track of the addresses
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Thank you Wes,
And when it comes to the Casts, would it be something like:
Unicast uses only Tunneling
or
RAs use only Multicast?
Or are they separate from each other?
I hope this question makes sense.
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RAs are multicast and yes tunneling is a unicast communication