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diff --git a/docs/interfaces/common-ipv6-addr-autoconf.txt b/docs/interfaces/common-ipv6-addr-autoconf.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..838b299f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/interfaces/common-ipv6-addr-autoconf.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +:abbr:`SLAAC (Stateless Address Autoconfiguration)`
+:rfc:`4862`. IPv6 hosts can configure themselves automatically when connected
+to an IPv6 network using the Neighbor Discovery Protocol via :abbr:`ICMPv6
+(Internet Control Message Protocol version 6)` router discovery messages.
+When first connected to a network, a host sends a link-local router
+solicitation multicast request for its configuration parameters; routers
+respond to such a request with a router advertisement packet that contains
+Internet Layer configuration parameters.
+
+.. note:: This method automatically disables IPv6 traffic forwarding on the
+ interface in question.
+
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