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Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Anycast Addresses

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2014-05-16
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IPv6 Anycast Addresses

Registration Procedure(s)
IESG Approval
Reference
[RFC4291][RFC2526]
Note
IPv6 anycast addresses are defined in "IP Version 6 Addressing
Architecture" [RFC4291]. [RFC2526] further defines a set of
reserved subnet anycast addresses. These are the highest 128
interface identifier values, within each subnet.  The syntax
and rules for assigning new IPv6 reserved subnet anycast addresses
are defined in [RFC2526].  These addresses are assigned in descending
order.
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Decimal Hexadecimal Description Reference Note
127 0x7F Reserved
126 0x7E Mobile IPv6 Home-Agents anycast [RFC2526] Also see [RFC3775]
125 0x7D IPv6 over GeoNetworking geographic anycast [ETSI EN 302 636-6-1][Martin_Arndt] To be used for all published versions of [ETSI EN 302 636-6-1]
1-124 0x01-0x7D Reserved

IPv6 Anycast Subnet-Router Anycast Address

Registration Procedure(s)
IESG Approval
Reference
[RFC4291]
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Decimal Hexadecimal Description Reference Note
0 0x00 Subnet-Router Anycast Address [RFC4291]

Contact Information

ID Name Contact URI Last Updated
[Martin_Arndt] Martin Arndt mailto:Martin.Arndt&etsi.org 2014-05-16