On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 05:53:22PM +0530, Niveda Monyvannan wrote:
> IPv6 specs says that 'IPv6 router should take receive the
> packet destined to Subnet anycast address and the Subnet anycast address
> is nothing but the subnet prefix + interface ID as 0'
No, it does not, at least the versions I have access to. What you describe
is the subnet _router_ anycast address.
> When a packet with Destination address as ' Subnet anycast address' is
> generated?
>
> How a source of the packet in a subnet ensures that the packet is
> delivered to only one person in the subnet?
The source doesn't care. The router knows, when it sees such a packet, that
it is for itself, and grabs it.
Regards,
-is
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