IPv6 Addresses for a Router

The interfaces on an IPv6 router are assigned the following unicast addresses:

• A link-local address for each interface
• Additional unicast addresses for each interface (which could be a site-local address and one or multiple global addresses)
• The loopback address (::1) for the loopback interface

Additionally, the interfaces of an IPv6 router are assigned the following anycast addresses:

• A Subnet-Router anycast address for each subnet
• Additional anycast addresses (optional)

Additionally, the interfaces of an IPv6 router are listening for traffic on the following multicast addresses:

• The node-local scope all-nodes multicast address (FF01::1)
• The node-local scope all-routers multicast address (FF01::2)
• The link-local scope all-nodes multicast address (FF02::1)
• The link-local scope all-routers multicast address (FF02::2)
• The site-local scope all-routers multicast address (FF05::2)
• The solicited-node address for each unicast address
• The multicast addresses of joined groups