GCIA · Question #25
You work as a Network Administrator for Net Perfect Inc. The company has a Windows Server 2008- based network. You have created a test domain for testing IPv6 addressing. Which of the following…
The correct answer is A. Unicast B. Multicast D. Anycast. IPv6 defines three address types - unicast, multicast, and anycast - and explicitly eliminates broadcast addressing to improve network efficiency and scalability.
Question
You work as a Network Administrator for Net Perfect Inc. The company has a Windows Server 2008- based network. You have created a test domain for testing IPv6 addressing. Which of the following types of addresses are supported by IPv6? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
Options
- AUnicast
- BMulticast
- CBroadcast
- DAnycast
How the community answered
(34 responses)- A79% (27)
- C21% (7)
Why each option
IPv6 defines three address types - unicast, multicast, and anycast - and explicitly eliminates broadcast addressing to improve network efficiency and scalability.
Unicast addresses identify a single network interface and deliver packets exclusively to that one destination, making it a foundational IPv6 address type inherited and refined from IPv4.
Multicast addresses identify a group of interfaces simultaneously, delivering packets to all group members and absorbing many functions that broadcast served in IPv4.
Broadcast addressing was deliberately removed from IPv6; the IPv6 specification replaced broadcast with targeted multicast groups, eliminating the overhead of forcing all nodes on a segment to process every broadcast frame.
Anycast addresses are assigned to multiple interfaces across different nodes, and packets sent to an anycast address are routed to the topologically nearest interface holding that address - a capability unique to IPv6.
Concept tested: IPv6 supported address types vs. IPv4
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/dd379548(v=ws.10)
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