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IPv6 does not use Broadcast messages.

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IPv6 does not use traditional broadcast messages, but uses multicast instead.

Step-by-step explanation:

False. IPv6 does not use traditional broadcast messages like IPv4 does, but it does have a similar functionality called multicast.



In IPv6, multicast is used to send a message to multiple destinations, usually a group of devices that have expressed interest in receiving the message. Rather than sending the message to every device on the network like a broadcast, multicast only targets those devices that have joined the specific multicast group.



For example, if a device wants to send a message to all printers on the network, it can use multicast to send the message to the multicast group for printers, and only printers that have joined that group will receive the message.

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