Autoconfiguration
Stateless Autoconfiguration.
- Initializing hosts join the all nodes multicast address of FE02::1
Stateless autoconfiguration allows for a node to start up using the link-local prefix and some sort of token.
- This will probably be the 48-bit Ethernet address
- Address would be FE80::48-bit address (multicast)
Hosts send a solicitation message to all-routers using the all-routers multicast address of FF02::2.
- Used to determine the node’s routing prefix and other routing parameters
Stateful autoconfiguration uses.