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RFC 2516, "A Method for Transmitting PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE)", February 1999

Source of RFC: Legacy
Area Assignment: int

Errata ID: 2546
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Igor Idziejczak
Date Reported: 2010-10-06
Held for Document Update by: Brian Haberman

Section 4 says:

The DESTINATION_ADDR field contains either a unicast 
Ethernet destination address, or the Ethernet broadcast address 
(0xffffffff).

It should say:

The DESTINATION_ADDR field contains either a unicast 
Ethernet destination address, or the Ethernet broadcast address 
(0xffffffffffff).

Notes:

the ethernet broadcast address is 48bit so in hex 0xffffffffffff

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