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Re: What is this IPv6 address?

From Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: What is this IPv6 address?
Date 2025-03-31 19:29 +0100
Message-ID <m50593F5p3bU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <vsekg3$ph1f$1@dont-email.me>

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On 31/03/2025 18:47, T wrote:
> 
> This is a list of available IPv6 address.
> 
> "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1",
> "fe80:0:0:0:"
> 
> It look to me like the fe one is mangled, but I
> do not know.

they're both expanded a bit more than they need to be

::1 is like 127.0.0.1, a loopback addr

fe80::0 is equivalent to 169.254.0.0, it's link local, non routable, for 
when you can't get any other IP addr.

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What is this IPv6 address? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-31 10:47 -0700
  Re: What is this IPv6 address? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-03-31 19:29 +0100
    Re: What is this IPv6 address? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-31 12:07 -0700
  Re: What is this IPv6 address? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-04-01 03:49 +0100
    Re: What is this IPv6 address? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-01 15:45 +0200

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