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IPv6 Address Types overview

IPv6 Address Types^[1]

Need To Know IPv6 Address Types Overview
Prefix	Example	Designation	IPv4 Equivalent
::/128		Unspecified	0.0.0.0
::1/128		Loopback	127.0.0.1
::ffff/96	::ffff:83.90.47.30	IPv4-Mapped	No Equivalent
fc00:/7	fdf8:f53b:82e4::53	Unique Local Addresses (ULA)	10/8, 172.16/12, 192.168/16
fe80::/10	fe80::221:86ff:fea0:ce84	Link-Local Addresses	169.254.0.0/16
2002::/16	2002:cb0a:3cdd:1::1	6to4	No Equivalent
2000::/3	2001:470:1f08:197d::2	Global Unicast	No single block.
ff00::/8	ff01::2	Multicast	224.0.0.0/4

Nice To Know IPv6 Address Types Overview
Prefix	Example	Designation	IPv4 Equivalent
2001:0000::/32	2001:0000:41ef::A819	Teredo	No Equivalent
2001:0002::/48	2001:0002:6c::430	Benchmarking	198.18.0.0/15
2001:0010::/28	2001:0010:10:240:ab::a	Orchid	No Equivalent
2001::db8/32	2001:db8:8:4::2	Documentation	Fx. 192.0.2.0/24

Same function as

2001:0000::/32

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 ! align="left"| Prefix !! Example !! Designation !! IPv4 Equivalent
 |-
-| ::/128 || || [[#Unspecified Address|Unspecified]] || 0.0.0.0
+| ::/128 || || [[Unspecified IPv6 Address|Unspecified]] || 0.0.0.0
 |-
 | ::1/128 ||  ||[[#Loopback Address|Loopback]] || 127.0.0.1
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 ==Link-Local Address==
-*See the artice [[Link-Local IPv6 Address]]
+*See the article [[Link-Local IPv6 Address]]
 ==Unique Local Address (ULA)==
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 Same function as
 ==Unspecified Address==
-*'''IPv6 Prefix:''' ::/128
+*See the article [[Unspecified IPv6 Address]]
-*'''Compare to IPv4:''' 0.0.0.0
-May only be used by [[Configuring IPv6 addresses#Terminology|Hosts]] as Source address before it has learned it's own [[IPv6]] address.
 ==Benchmarking==
 ==Orchid==