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If the interface is set as bridge port, an interface-specific link-local address is removed leaving only bridge link-local address |
Special Purpose Address
| Address | Description |
|---|---|
| Unspecified address (::/128) | Never assigned to an interface or used as a destination address, used only to indicate the absence of an address. Equivalent to IPv4 0.0.0.0 address. |
| loopback address (::1/128) | Used to identify a loopback interface, enabling a node to send packets to itself. It is equivalent to the IPv4 loopback address of 127.0.0.1. |
Compatibility Address
| Address | Description |
|---|---|
| IPv4 compatible address | used by dual-stack nodes that are communicating with IPv6 over an IPv4 infrastructure. When the IPv4-compatible address is used as an IPv6 destination, IPv6 traffic is automatically encapsulated with an IPv4 header and sent to the destination by using the IPv4 infrastructure. Address is written in following format ::w.x.y.z, where w.x.y.z is the dotted decimal representation of a public IPv4 address. |
| IPv4 mapped address | used to represent an IPv4-only node to an IPv6 node. It is used only for internal representation. The IPv4-mapped address is never used as a source or destination address for an IPv6 packet. The IPv6 protocol does not support the use of IPv4-mapped addresses. Address is written in the following format: ::ffff:w.x.y.z, where w.x.y.z is the dotted-decimal representation of a public IPv4 address. |
| 2002::/16 | This prefix is used for 6to4 addressing. Here, an address from the IPv4 network 192.88.99.0/24 is also used. |
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