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352-001 · Question #46

Refer to the exhibit. All of these network devices are running IPv6. When host A is attached to this link, how will it discover the presence of routers B and C?

The correct answer is C. Host A will discover routers B and C through the neighbor discovery process.. In IPv6, hosts discover routers on the local link using the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP), which relies on Router Solicitation and Router Advertisement ICMPv6 messages defined in RFC 4861.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. All of these network devices are running IPv6. When host A is attached to this link, how will it discover the presence of routers B and C?

Options

  • ARouters B and C will respond to an ICMP get route request sent by host A.
  • BRouters B and C will detect the addition of the new host the first time it transmits any packets, and
  • CHost A will discover routers B and C through the neighbor discovery process.
  • DRouters B and C send out periodic gratuitous ARPv6 messages to alert newly attached hosts to

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    93% (26)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

In IPv6, hosts discover routers on the local link using the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP), which relies on Router Solicitation and Router Advertisement ICMPv6 messages defined in RFC 4861.

ARouters B and C will respond to an ICMP get route request sent by host A.

There is no 'ICMP get route request' message type defined in the ICMPv6 specification - this is a fabricated mechanism that does not exist in IPv6.

BRouters B and C will detect the addition of the new host the first time it transmits any packets, and

Routers do not passively monitor all incoming traffic to detect new hosts and then spontaneously push route information - host-to-router discovery is initiated by the host via NDP Router Solicitation, not by passive detection.

CHost A will discover routers B and C through the neighbor discovery process.Correct

NDP includes a Router Discovery function where a newly attached host sends a Router Solicitation (RS) to the all-routers multicast address ff02::2, prompting routers to reply with a Router Advertisement (RA). Routers also send periodic unsolicited RAs to the all-nodes multicast address ff02::1, so host A will receive these announcements from both routers B and C and learn their presence without waiting for a full solicitation cycle.

DRouters B and C send out periodic gratuitous ARPv6 messages to alert newly attached hosts to

Gratuitous ARP is an IPv4 mechanism and has no equivalent in IPv6 - ARP is entirely replaced by NDP in IPv6, and no 'gratuitous ARPv6' message type exists.

Concept tested: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol router discovery process

Source: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4861

Topics

#IPv6 neighbor discovery#NDP#router discovery#ICMPv6

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