Re: Objection to draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt - /63 and /65 RAs on linux

Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> Thu, 02 March 2017 12:46 UTC

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From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
To: Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Objection to draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt - /63 and /65 RAs on linux
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On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, Alexandre Petrescu wrote:

> Yes.  For more precision - correct _only_ for the 802.3 case (IPv6 over 
> Ethernet).  Because we dont have an IPv6-over-WiFi either (802.11).

We have IPv6 for 802.1 framed networks (that was my understanding). Both 
802.3 and 802.11 uses ethernet frames, so why wouldn't they be considered 
the same from L3 IPv6 point of view?

That's the way it's been done historically anyway, as far as I can see.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm.pp.se