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Ipv6 link-local - Cisco Community 1) Can I say tht local-link address is just local significance. Therefore every site/router can configure the same link-local address. like router is FE80::8300:500:1:1 and core switch is FE80::8300:500:1:2. It will not conflict. 2)Can I say every interfaces in a router can also configure the same link-local address? IPv6 deployment: Using IPv6 link-local addresses as Aug 07, 2013 networking - What is a link-local address? - Server Fault IPv6 has fe80::/10 reserved for Link-Local addresses with most automatically assigned ones being in the fe80::/64 range. Second, the link-local address is alway assigned to a device by itself. No. A link-local IP address is no more unique than a regular IP address, at least not in general terms.
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But, section 2.5.6 restricts Link-Local address as FE80::/64 which would mean addresses from FE80:: through FE80::FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF . Not true. RFC 4291 section 2.5.6 only says is that the first 10 bits are FE80 and subsequent 54 bits are 0. It does not say what the mask is and You are not restricted to using /64 netmask for link local