IPv6 Address Types

It takes long time to understand IPv6. Anyways I will try to make it clear in easy words. Hope you will enjoy.

So, in my last posts I have introduced IPv6 only. Lets see the types....

There are mainly 3 types of IPv6. They are

                Unicast

                Multicast

                Anycast

Unicast: This is an identifier for a single interface. A packet sent to a unicast address is delivered to that interface which belong the destination address. Like one to one delivery.

 Multicast: It is generally an identifier for a set of addresses. Better say, it’s a group address. So a packet sent to a multicast address will deliver to all the nodes belonging to that Multicast address.

Anycast: It is also an identifier for a set of addresses. The difference between Multicast and Anycast is the packet for an Anycast address will deliver to one of the interfaces (the nearest one) belongs to that group.  

I will go for more details of each type in my upcoming posts... keep in touch.... :)