RFC 7048: Neighbor Unreachability Detection Is Too Impatient

IPv6 Neighbor Discovery includes Neighbor Unreachability Detection. That function is very useful when a host has an alternative neighbor -- for instance, when…

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Outgoing relationships (5 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
Informative reference — RFC 826: An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or Converting Network Protocol Addresses to 48.bit Ethernet Address for Transmission on Ethernet Hardware
Informative reference — RFC 6583: Operational Neighbor Discovery Problems

Incoming relationships (1 related RFC)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8929: IPv6 Backbone Router