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process the header. us by observing the type of ICMPv6 error mes-
sages you can obtain an appreciation for the cause of several common
types of network-related problems.
In addition to four error messages, the ICMPv6 Type field currently
defines 11 informational messages. e first two listed in Table3.14,
echo request and echo reply, are used for diagnostic purposes, while the
three “group” messages are used to convey information about multicast
group membership from IPv6 nodes to their neighboring routers.
3.8.2 ARP
In concluding this chapter, we turn our attention to the manner by
which datagrams with ...