From: ccie2be (ccie2be@nyc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2005 - 12:33:35 GMT-3
Hi guys,
I'm trying to understand the NS process used in ipv6 but so far, I haven't
found a complete explanation.
In particular, I know that when an ipv6 host wants to communicate with another
ipv6 on the same local-link but doesn't have the address of that other host,
it sends a Neighbor Solicitation message to that other host. For this
message, it creates the destination ipv6 address by concatenating the last 24
bits of the neighbor's ipv6 to a 104 bit multicast address.
What I don't understand is from where would the host find it's neighbor's ipv6
address? I assume for this it uses DNS, but how does it get the ipv6 address
of the DNS server assuming it's using stateless autoconfiguration?
If someone can explain this process, I would be greatly appreciative.
TIA, Tim
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