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The Request message indicates what configuration parameters the
client needs.
Reply The server responds to the Request message with a Reply message
containing the configuration parameters requested by the client.
16.3 IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration
Unlike IPv4 nodes, IPv6 nodes are capable of configuring themselves
entirely on their own. This is by design and is the result of a considerable
amount of thought and effort.
First, the standard method of addressing an IPv6 interface uses the EUI-64
mechanism to uniquely identify the node on the local link; the use of link-
local unicast addressing means that all nodes will properly ...