RFC 2464 on IPv6 Packets over Ethernet

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        RFC 2464:

        Title:	    Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet
		    Networks
	Author(s):  M. Crawford
	Status:     Proposed Standard
	Date:       December 1998
        Mailbox:    crawdad@fnal.gov
	Pages:      7
        Characters: 12725
        Obsoletes:  1972
        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ipngwg-trans-ethernet-04.txt


        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2464.txt

This document specifies the frame format for transmission of IPv6
packets and the method of forming IPv6 link-local addresses and
statelessly autoconfigured addresses on Ethernet networks.  It also
specifies the content of the Source/Target Link-layer Address option
used in Router Solicitation, Router Advertisement, Neighbor
Solicitation, Neighbor Advertisement and Redirect messages when
those messages are transmitted on an Ethernet.

This document is a product of the IPNG Working Group of the IETF.
 
This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.
 
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
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