Ch 6 Exam Communication II

Neighbor Discovery makes abundant use of messages.

False

IPv6 Neighbor Solicitation protocol can be compared with IPv4 ____.

ARP Request

A node invokes the ____ process when it wants to send a packet to an on-link neighbor but the sender does not know the link-layer address for the target node.

Address Resolution

The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol is specified in RFC 4861 and RFC ____.

5942

The ____ option is sent in Router Advertisement messages to provide a common MTU value for nodes on the same network segment.

MTU

Neighbor Discovery performs many of the functions that ICMP Router Discovery and ICMP ____ handled in IPv4.

Redirect

____ use ICMPv6 type 137 messages.

Redirect

____ help keep local routing optimized in the face of changing conditions and also reflect status as various destinations come on- and off-link.

Redirects

IPv6 Router Advertisement protocol can be compared with IPv4 ____.

Router Advertisement

Routers periodically send ____ messages to inform hosts of link prefixes (if address autoconfiguration is enabled), link MTU, valid and preferred lifetimes, and other possible options.

Router Advertisement

____ uses ICMPv6 type 134 messages.

Router Advertisement

By default, IPv6 nodes will send a ____ multicast request for configuration parameters immediately upon start-up.

Router Solicitation

____ uses ICMPv6 type 133 messages.

Router Solicitation

ND takes over the functions that ARP and Reverse ARP handled in IPv4.

True

ND makes use of multicast addresses, such as the "____" address with link-local scope (FF02::1).

all nodes