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from their routers.

Global Unicast Addresses

To get on the Internet, a system needs a second IPv6 address called a global

unicast address, often referred to as a “global address.” The most common

way to get a global address is to request it from the default gateway router,

which must be configured to pass out global IPv6 addresses. When you plug

a computer into a network, it sends out a very special packet called a router

solicitation (RS) message, looking for a router (see Figure 19-15). The router

hears this message and responds with a router advertisement (RA). This RA

tells the computer its network ID and subnet (together called the prefix) and

DNS server (if configured).

Figure 19-15 Getting a global unicast address

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