Resolve a local neighbor address
02Neighbor Solicitation and Advertisement map an on-link IPv6 neighbor to a link-layer address.
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RFC 4861 · § 7.2EXAMPLE
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An appropriate advertisement supplies the mapping for local delivery.
An appropriate advertisement supplies the mapping for local delivery.
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A solicitation normally uses the target’s solicited-node multicast group when resolving its link-layer address.
- A solicitation normally uses the target’s solicited-node multicast group when resolving its link-layer address.
- Only an on-link next hop is resolved; remote paths still require routing.
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