IPv6 Global Unicast Addresses Assignment

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This section still focuses on global unicast IPv6 addresses but now examines the topic of how a host, router interface, or other device knows what global unicast IPv6 address to use. Also, hosts (and sometimes routers) need to know a few other facts that can be learned at the same time as they learn their IPv6 address. So, this section also discusses how hosts can get all the following relevant information that lets them use their global unicast addresses:

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