RFC 2497 (rfc2497) - Page 1 of 6
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet Networks
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Network Working Group I. Souvatzis
Request for Comments: 2497 The NetBSD Project
See Also: 1201 January 1999
Category: Standards Track
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet Networks
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
1. Introduction
This memo specifies a frame format for transmission of IPv6 [IPV6]
packets and the method of forming IPv6 link-local and statelessly
autoconfigured addresses on ARCnet networks. It also specifies the
content of the Source/Target Link-layer Address option used by the
Router Solicitation, Router Advertisement, Neighbor Solicitation,
Neighbor Advertisement and Redirect messages described in [DISC],
when those messages are transmitted on an ARCnet.
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL"
in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119
[KWORD].
2. Frame Format
IPv6 packets are link layer fragmented and reassembled according to
[PHDS]. A brief but sufficient discussion of this fragmentation
method can be found in [ARCIPV4].
The protocol ID (System Code in ARCnet terminology) assigned to IPv6
is C4 hexadecimal.
Souvatzis Standards Track