Chapter3
IPv6NeighborDiscovery
ProtocolConfiguration
TableofContents
IPv6NDPOverview............................................................19
ConguringIPv6NDP.........................................................22
ConguringIPv6NDPMaintenanceandDiagnosis..................23
IPv6NDPCongurationExamples........................................23
IPv6NDPOverview
IPv6doesnotuseAddressResolutionProtocol(ARP)orReverse
AddressResolutionProtocol(RARP)anymorebutreplacethem
withthecorrespondingfunctionsofneighbordiscoveryprotocol
(NDP).ThefollowingareprimarydifferencesbetweenIPv6NDP
andIPv4ARP .
�InIPv4,ARPisanindependentprotocol.Itprovidestransla-
tionbetweenIPaddressandlink-layeraddress.DifferentARPs
mustbedenedfordifferentlink-layerprotocols.InIPV6,NDP
containstheARPfunctionsandrunsovertheInternetControl
Messageprotocol(ICMPv6).Itismoreuniversalandapplica-
bletovariouslink-layerprotocols,andcontainsmorecontents.
�ARPprotocol,ICMPv4routerdiscoverypacketsandICMPv4
redirectionalpacketarebasedonbroadcast,whileNDPneigh-
bordiscoverypacketsarebasedontheefcientmulticastand
unicast.
�Theaccessibilitydetectionismeanttodeterminewhetherthe
hostorrouterrepresentedbythecorrespondingIPaddress
canstillreceiveandsendpackets,towhichIPv4hasnounied
solution.TheNDPdenestheaccessibilitydetectionprocess
toensurethatnoIPpacketwillbesenttoablackhole.
RFC1970(IPv6neighbordiscovery)describestheneighbordis-
coverymechanism,whichprovidessomedifferentpurposes,in-
cludingthefollowingsupport.
�RouterDiscovery
Thismechanismhelpsahosttoidentifythelocalrouter .
�PrexDiscovery
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