File formats:

Status:

EXPERIMENTAL

Authors:

D. Thaler
M. Talwar
C. Patel

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ipv6 (int)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4389

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Abstract

Bridging multiple links into a single entity has several operational advantages. A single subnet prefix is sufficient to support multiple physical links. There is no need to allocate subnet numbers to the different networks, simplifying management. Bridging some types of media requires network-layer support, however. This document describes these cases and specifies the IP-layer support that enables bridging under these circumstances. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.