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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of IPv6 address is FE80::1?
A
Link-Local
B
Multicast
C
Global Unicast
D
Loopback
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: –Link Local-An IPv6 address that uniquely identifies hosts on a single network link. A link local address has a prefix of FE80, is not routable, and can be used for communication only on the local network. Only one link local address is supported.

Detailed explanation-2: -The link-local address of a node is the combination of the prefix fe80::/64 and the 64-bit interface identifier expressed in IPv6 colon-hexadecimal notation. Therefore, the link-local address of this example node with the prefix fe80::/64 and the interface identifier 02-60-08-ff-fe-52-f9-d8 is fe80::260:8ff:fe52:f9d8.

Detailed explanation-3: -IPv6 link-local addresses are addresses that can be used to communicate with nodes (hosts and routers) on an attached link. Packets with those addresses are not forwarded by routers. At least, they should not be. There have been cases where routers would happily forward packets with a link-local source address.

Detailed explanation-4: -The three types of IPv6 addresses are: unicast, anycast, and multicast.

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