RFC 2462
IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration, December 1998
- Canonical URL:
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2462.txt
- File formats:


- Status:
- DRAFT STANDARD
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 1971
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 4862
- Authors:
- S. Thomson
T. Narten - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- ipngwg (int)
DOI: 10.17487/RFC2462
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Abstract
This document specifies the steps a host takes in deciding how to autoconfigure its interfaces in IP version 6. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.