Unicast

Delivery · Beginner

Delivery from one interface to one specific destination interface. Ordinary web browsing and most application conversations use this pattern.

One sender, one receiver. The destination address identifies a single interface rather than a group or the entire local network.

Example: A laptop requests a web page from one server, and the response returns to that laptop.

Common misconception

A switched network still uses this delivery even when many devices share the switch.