IPv6 Algorithm
Easier if you understand RFC 1970.
To transmit a datagram, the source must consult the destination cache, prefix list, and the default router.
- It needs to determine the “next-hop”
A source first looks in the destination cache for a matching entry to the destination IP address.
- If one is not found here, consult the prefix list cache
- Local address, the next hop is simply that of the destination IP address