@Brian-Abbott great question, here you go
Communication types:
Unicast - a one-to-one communication (single destination)
Multicast - one-to-many communication (more than one destination, called groups
Anycast - one-to-the-closest communication (single destination IP address shared by multiple nodes, commonly servers)
Concepts
Tunneling - a method to transport IPv6 addressed packets over IPv4 infrastructure
Dual stack - provides the use of both IPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously on networked devices
Router Advertisements (RAs) - messages to nodes on a network of a router's availability and information to neighbor nodes used in autoconfiguration
Stateless Address Autoconfguration (SLACC) - provides a mechanism for IPv6 enabled devices to automatically generate unique IPv6 addresses without any device keeping track of the addresses
Best Regards,
Wes Bryan
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