N - P
NAP.

Network Access Point. A neutral place where ISPs can interconnect and exchange IPv6 routes and traffic.

NAT.

Network Address Translation. A mechanism that typically translates IPv4 packets from networks based on private addressing to the IPv4-Internet or to other private networks. See RFCs 1631 and 1918.

NAT-PT.

Network Address Translation Protocol Translation. NAT-PT translates IPv6 addresses into IPv4 addresses and vice versa. The NAT-PT is a transition and coexistence mechanism that allows IPv6-only nodes to communicate with IPv4-only nodes. See RFC 2766.

neighbor advertisement (NA).

An ICMPv6 type 136 message is the response sent by an IPv6 node that has received a neighbor solicitation message from another IPv6 node. Neighbor solicitation ...

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