IT283__Unit_5.docx Networking with TCP/IP Unit Assignment #5 Purdue University Global

IT283__Unit_5.docx    Networking with TCP/IP Unit Assignment #5  Purdue University Global   IT283: Networking with TCP/IP    Unit Assignment #5 Part One:  1. Create a table/graphic showing the five ICMPv6message types used by Neighbor Discovery and abrief description of each using the followingheaders.MessageTypeDescription  Note: Information taken from CISCO.com.  Message Type  Description  Router Solicitation Message   Hosts send router solicitations messages in order to prompt routers to generate router advertisements messages quickly.  Router Advertisement Message   Routers send out router advertisement message periodically, or in response to a router solicitation.  Neighbor Solicitation Message   Nodes send neighbor solicitations to request the link-layer address of a target node while also providing their own link-layer address to the target.  Neighbor Advertisement Message   A node sends neighbor advertisements in response to neighbor solicitations and sends unsolicited neighbor advertisements in order to propagate new information quickly (which is unreliable).  Redirect Message   Routers send redirect packets to inform a host of a better first-hop node on the path to a destination. Hosts can be redirected to a better first-hop router but can also be informed by a redirect that the destination is in fact a neighbor. The latter is accomplished by setting the ICMP target address equal to the ICMP destination address.