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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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NOTE A router solicitation message uses the address ff02::2. This address

is read only by other computers running IPv6 in the network. This type of

address is different from a broadcast address and is called a multicast

address. In IPv6, there is no broadcast, only multicast!

Once the computer gets a prefix, it generates the rest of the address just

like with the link-local address. The computer ends up with a legitimate, 128-

bit public IPv6 address as well as a link-local address. Figure 19-16 shows

the IPv6 information in macOS.

Figure 19-16 macOS system with a global IPv6 address

A global address is a true Internet address. If another computer is running

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