What is Link-local addressing? - Network Engineering Stack Exchange
Nov 26, 2015 · The purpose of these self-assigned link-local addresses is to facilitate communication with other hosts within the subnet even in the absence of external address configuration (via manual …
networking - What is a link-local address? - Server Fault
link-local address as far as I understand it is a device that has an IPv6 ip assigned to that nic and normally starts with FE80::. This ip is used only for your single-link network scope and should at all …
What is the difference between a link local address and an IP address ...
I read that a link local address is used when no other method for acquiring one is found. But the address space for them doesn't seem to be reserved under private address space, what is the difference …
networking - Should I use link-local addresses where a non-routable ...
Apr 21, 2015 · Link-Local Address Selection When a host wishes to configure an IPv4 Link-Local address, it selects an address using a pseudo-random number generator with a uniform distribution …
IPv6 link-local address - Network Engineering Stack Exchange
Oct 24, 2023 · Router advertisements for IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration need to be sent from link-local address. I would assume that this is also a reason to assign local addresses. (see rfc4861 …
Why is an IPv6 interface required to have a link-local address?
Jun 28, 2020 · DHCPv6 is very different than DHCPv4: "The availability of these features means that a client can use its link-local address and a well-known multicast address to discover and …
networking - Link Local Address and DHCP - Server Fault
Jun 25, 2018 · 2 If a networking device has attained Link Local Address and attains a Link Local Address - say - 169.254.111.135. Now if DHCP got enabled in the device and it acquires an IP from …
Can link local addresses be used for transit networks without breaking ...
Mar 25, 2020 · Can a link local addresses/networks be used as transit networks and still be routable up until the end (as long as the host address is a global IP address)?
Difference between link-local and global link addresses in ISATAP
Mar 3, 2011 · Any IPv6 adapter should always have two IP addresses if you're using it for internet traffic - your link-local address and your global address. Your global address is world-routable, so anyone …
What is this IP address: 169.254.169.254? - Server Fault
It's a IPv4 link local address, as defined in rfc3927. Usually ZeroConfig/Bonjour/mdns et al enabled boxes are setup to have IPv4 ll address to enable (home) networking without the presence of an …