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Question
What functions does the neighbor discovery protocol provide in IPv6?
Answer
"Neighbor discovery (ND) is an ICMPv6 function that enables a node to identify other hosts and routers on its links." (IPv6 Network and Network Application Design Guide)
The IP Configuration Guide states the following about the IPv6 neighbor discovery protocol:
"For IPv6, TCP/IP uses the neighbor discovery protocol, which provides the following functions:
Address resolution (neighbor solicitations and neighbor advertisements to perform ARP functions for IPv6)
Duplicate address detection (neighbor solicitations and neighbor advertisements to ensure unique IP addresses)
Router discovery (router solicitations and router advertisements to keep track of neighboring routers)
Neighbor unreachability detection (to keep track of the reachability of neighbors)"
Neighbor discovery is implemented using ICMPv6 packets.
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15 August 2016
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