Added a description of ICMPv6 Neighbor Discovery.

2026-01-25 23:59:01 +00:00 · 2011-08-02 08:04:42 +00:00
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@@ -856,6 +856,10 @@ you would expect.</para>
          for any of the targets which are on the same LAN.  If you
          absolutely don't want to do an ARP scan, specify
          <option>--send-ip</option>.</para>
+          
+          <para>For IPv6 (-6 option), <option>-PR</option> uses ICMPv6
+          Neighbor Discovery instead of ARP. Neighbor Discovery, defined
+          in RFC 4861, can be seen as the IPv6 equivalent of ARP.</para>

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