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Monday, April 6, 2015

link-local address In computer network

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiX0g8IAibM

In a computer network, a link-local address is a network address that is valid only for communications within the network segment (link) or the broadcast domain that the host is connected to. Link-local addresses are usually not guaranteed to be unique beyond a single network segment.

Link-local addresses for IPv4 are defined in the address block 169.254.0.0/16, in CIDR notation.
In IPv6, they are assigned with the fe80::/10 prefix.

169.254.0.0/16 reserved for Link Local [RFC5735]

Special Use IPv4 Addresses
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735

Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3927

Use following command to see ipv4 and ipv5 address of all network interfaces
#ip a
OR
#ip address
OR
#ip address show

OR
#ifconfig



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