Today we will learn three categories of ipv6 addresses in networking.
1(Unicast) - represents a single interface. Packets addressed to a unicast address are delivered to a single interface.
2(Anycast) - identifies one or more interfaces. For example- servers that support the same function can use the same unicast ip address. Packets sent to that ip address are forwarded to the nearest server. Anycast addresses are used for load - balancing. Lnown as one-to-nearest address.
3(Multicast) - represent a dynamic group of hosts. Packets sent to this address are delivered to many interfaces. Multicast addresses in IPV6 have a similar purpose astheir counterparts in IPV4.
NOTE- IPV6 does not use the broadcast method. it has been replaced with anycast and multicast addresses.
So this is all about the types of IPV6 addresses networking.
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