RFC 6085
Address Mapping of IPv6 Multicast Packets on Ethernet, January 2011
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updates:
- RFC 2464
- Authors:
- S. Gundavelli
M. Townsley
O. Troan
W. Dec - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6085
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Abstract
When transmitting an IPv6 packet with a multicast destination address, the IPv6 destination address is mapped to an Ethernet link-layer multicast address. This document clarifies that a mapping of an IPv6 packet with a multicast destination address may in some circumstances map to an Ethernet link-layer unicast address. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.