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RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)

Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 5942, RFC 6980, RFC 7048, RFC 7527, RFC 7559, RFC 8028, RFC 8319, RFC 8425, RFC 9131, RFC 9685, RFC 9762, RFC 9926. Read both.

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document specifies the Neighbor Discovery protocol for IP Version 6. IPv6 nodes on the same link use Neighbor Discovery to discover each other's presence, to determine each other's link-layer addresses, to find routers, and to maintain reachability information about the paths to active neighbors. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC4861
Published
September 2007
Authors
T. Narten; E. Nordmark; W. Simpson; H. Soliman
Status
DRAFT STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
97
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 2461
Updated by:
RFC 5942, RFC 6980, RFC 7048, RFC 7527, RFC 7559, RFC 8028, RFC 8319, RFC 8425, RFC 9131, RFC 9685, RFC 9762, RFC 9926

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1970 (1996)
  2. RFC 2461 (1998)
  3. RFC 4861 (2007)

Read the full history of Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6) →

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12 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.

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