The EUI-64 Process: How IPv6 Interface IDs Are Generated
When a device configures an IPv6 address through Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC), it gets the network prefix, typically a /64, from a Router Advertisement, but it has to generate its own 64-bit Interface ID independently. This guide covers exactly how that generation works: the EUI-64 process that derives an Interface ID from a MAC address,...
