Difference between revisions of "ICMPv6"
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Revision as of 12:45, 11 June 2011
ICMPv6 described in several RFC's is crucial for IPv6 day-to-day operations.
ICMP uses IPv6 protokol - or next header - 58 and builds on the IPv4 ICMP implementation. Several new message Types are defined in IPv6 for example Stateless Autoconfiguration.
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ICMP Types
Message | Type | Type of message | definition |
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Destination Unreachable | 1 | Error | The IP address or port is not active in the Destination host |
Packet Too Big | 2 | Error | The Packet is larger than the MTU of the outgoing link |
Time Exceeded | 3 | Error | Hop-Linit Reached zero. The packet is discarded |
Echo Request | 128 | Informational | A Ping packet |
Echo Reply | 129 | Informational | A reply on a Ping packet |