Base Technology - Neighbor Discovery
Router Discovery (find default routers on a link)
- ICMPv6 Router Solicitation and Router Advertisement
On-Link-Prefix Discovery (learn directly reachable prefixes)
- Prefix Information Option in Router Advertisement
Parameter Discovery (e.g. link MTU, hop limit)
- information carried in Router Advertisement
Link-layer Address Resolution
- ARP protocol is not used
- ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation and Neighbor Advertisement
- not specific to any given media type
Neighbor Unreachability Detection
- uses ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation and Advertisement