Global unicast addresses are globally routable and reachable on the IPv6 portion of the Internet.Ī prefix for link local addresses is always FE80::/64 with the interface ID be 64-bit length.Ī multicast address identifies multiple interfaces (typically belonging to different nodes). A packet sent to a unicast address is delivered to the interface identified by that address.įor the Unicast IPv6 Addresses, there are many types: Global unicast addresses, Link local addresses etc.
In general, there are three types of IPv6 address: Unicast IPv6 Addresses, Multicast IPv6 Addresses and Anycast IPv6 Addresses.Īn unicast address identifies a single interface within the scope of the type of unicast address.
