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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

scoped IPv6 multicast address. Ethernet-specific In support of link-local multicasts which do not use IGMP, any IPv4 multicast address that falls within the...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

interfaces like 127.0.0.0/8 and ::1, and link-local addresses like 169.254.0.0/16 and fe80::/64 are part of it. Also addresses for Carrier-grade NAT, Teredo, and...

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

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...

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