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Company XYZ has a new network based on IPv6. Some of the subnets that they are planning to use will be confidential and need an addressing scheme that confines them to the local campus network. Which

The correct answer is D. unique local addresses. Unique local addresses (FC00::/7) are the IPv6 equivalent of RFC 1918 private addresses and are designed for use within a local site or organization without being routable on the global internet.

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Question

Company XYZ has a new network based on IPv6. Some of the subnets that they are planning to use will be confidential and need an addressing scheme that confines them to the local campus network. Which type of IPv6 addresses can be used for these networks in the IPv6 addressing design?

Options

  • Alocal addresses
  • Bprivate addresses
  • Clink-local addresses
  • Dunique local addresses

How the community answered

(17 responses)
  • A
    6% (1)
  • C
    6% (1)
  • D
    88% (15)

Why each option

Unique local addresses (FC00::/7) are the IPv6 equivalent of RFC 1918 private addresses and are designed for use within a local site or organization without being routable on the global internet.

Alocal addresses

'Local addresses' is not a formally defined IPv6 address type in RFC 4291 or related standards and does not map to any specific prefix or scope.

Bprivate addresses

'Private addresses' is an IPv4 RFC 1918 term and is not a recognized IPv6 address category; the correct IPv6 equivalent is 'unique local addresses'.

Clink-local addresses

Link-local addresses (FE80::/10) are scoped to a single network link and cannot be routed between subnets, making them unsuitable for campus-wide confidential subnets that need inter-subnet reachability.

Dunique local addressesCorrect

Unique local addresses use the FC00::/7 prefix range and are specifically designed to be globally unique within an organization but non-routable on the public internet, making them ideal for confidential subnets that must remain within the campus network. Unlike link-local addresses, they span multiple subnets and support routing within a site or set of sites under a single administrative domain.

Concept tested: IPv6 unique local address scope and design

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/ipv6/ipv6-unique-local-addresses

Topics

#IPv6 addressing#unique local addresses#address planning#campus network

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