b20c:c011:5:b109::/64

I have been reading a couple of RFCs on IPv6 and was getting confused with all of the different address types and definitions, so I have decided to make a cheat-sheet to help me next time I need it….

Defined IP addresses:

• ::ffff:192.0.2.128     IPv4 mapped IPv6 address
• 2002::/16    6to4 tunnels
• 2001::/16    teredo tunnels
• ::1/128   Loopback (link-local scope)
• fc00::/7    Unique Local unicast Address (ULA) (global-scope) – see blog on IPv6 Addressing
• fec::/16    Site-local unicast addresses (obsoleted by ULA)
• fe80::/16   Link-local unicast addresses
• ff00::/16    Multicast addresses
• ff02::/16   Link-local multicast addresses
• ff05::/16  Site-local multicast addresses
• ff0e::/16  Global multicast addresses
• ::/0    Default
• ::/96 ipv4 compatible addresses (obsolete)
• 3ffe::/16    6bone address range (no longer in use)
• 2001:db8::/32    Reserved for documentation
• 64:ff9b::/96    Well known address for NAT64 used to represent global ipv4 addresses in the ipv6 address space after NAT

I have also discovered via wireshark that there are a lot of users of the link local multicast address ff02::/16:

• ff02::c     Microsoft Simple Service Discovery Protocol (used for universal PnP)
• ff02::1     All nodes multicast address
• ff02::2    All routers multicast address
• ff02::1:ff_ _:_ _ _ _   Solicited node multicast address  where the _ _:_ _ _ _ are the lower order24 bits of the destination nodes address (used for neighbor solicitation)

So this is what I have found so far.  I will keep adding to the list add  addresses pop-up.