Neighbor Discovery Protocol
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Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) for IPv6 is defined in the [RFC2461]. It replaces the Address Resolution Protocol used with IPv4.
It defines mechanisms for solving the following problems:
- Router Discovery
- Prefix Discovery
- Parameter Discovery
- Address Autoconfiguration
- Address Resolution
- Next-hop Determination
- Neighbor Unrechability Detection
- Duplicate Address Detection
- Redirect
- Router Solicitation
- Router Advertisement
- Neighbor Solicitation
- Neighbor Advertisement
- Redirect
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