One document matched: draft-ietf-ipngwg-ethernet-ntwrks-00.txt

Internet Engineering Task Force                            Matt Crawford
INTERNET-DRAFT                                                  Fermilab
<draft-ietf-ipngwg-ethernet-ntwrks-00.txt>                 July 16, 1995


  A Method for the Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks


Status of this Memo

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   Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Introduction

   This memo specifies the frame format for transmission of IPv6 [IPV6]
   packets and the method of forming IPv6 link-local addresses on
   Ethernet networks.  It also specifies the content of the
   Source/Target Link-layer Address option used the the Router
   Solicitation, Router Advertisement, Neighbor Solicitation, and
   Neighbor Advertisement messages described in [DISC], when those
   messages are transmitted on an Ethernet.

Maximum Transmission Unit

   The default MTU size for IPv6 packets on an Ethernet is 1500 octets.
   This size may be reduced by a Router Advertisement [DISC] containing
   an MTU option which specifies a smaller MTU.  If a Router
   Advertisement is received with an MTU option specifying an MTU larger
   than 1500, that MTU option must be ignored.





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Frame Format

   IPv6 packets are transmitted in standard Ethernet frames.  The type
   field of the Ethernet frame must contain the value 86DD hexadecimal.
   The data field contains the IPv6 header followed immediately by the
   payload, and possibly padding octets to meet the minimum frame size
   for Ethernet.

         +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+       ^
         |          Destination Ethernet address         |       |
         +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+    ethernet
         |            Source Ethernet address            |     header
         +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+       |
         |  86      DD   |                                       v
         +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+------+
         |            IPv6 header and payload ...              /
         +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+------+


Stateless Autoconfiguration and Link-Local Addresses

   The address token [CONF] for an Ethernet interface is the interface's
   built-in 48-bit IEEE 802 address, in canonical bit order.  A
   different MAC address set manually or by software should not be used
   as the address token.

   An IPv6 address prefix used for stateless autoconfiguration of an
   ethernet interface must be 80 bits in length.

   The IPv6 Link-local address [AARCH] for an Ethernet interface is
   formed by appending the interface's IEEE 802 address to the 80-bit
   prefix FE80::.

         +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+------+
         |  FE      80      00      00      00      00      00     00  |
         +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+------+
         |  00      00   |               Ethernet Address              |
         +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+------+

Address Mapping -- Unicast

   The procedure for mapping IPv6 addresses into Ethernet link-layer
   addresses is described in [DISC].  The Source/Target Link-layer
   Address option has the following form when the link layer is
   Ethernet.






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       +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
       | Type  |Length |               Ethernet Address                |
       +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

Option fields:


   Type        1 for Source Link-layer address.
               2 for Target Link-layer address.


   Length      1 (in units of 8 octets).


   Ethernet Address
               The 48 bit Ethernet IEEE 802 address, in canonical bit
               order.

Address Mapping -- Multicast

   An IPv6 packet with a multicast destination address DST is transmit-
   ted to the Ethernet multicast address whose first two octets are the
   value 3333 hexadecimal and whose last four octets are the last four
   octets of DST, ordered from more to least significant.

         +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
         |   33  |   33  | DST13 | DST14 | DST15 | DST16 |
         +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+


Security Considerations

   Security considerations are not addressed in this memo.

References


[AARCH] R. Hinden, S. Deering, IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture.
        Currently draft-ietf-ipngwg-addr-arch-03.txt.


[CONF]  S. Thomson, IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration.  Currently
        draft-ietf-addrconf-ipv6-03.txt.


[DISC]  T. Narten, E. Nordmark, W. A. Simpson, Neighbor Discovery for IP
        Version 6 (IPv6).  Currently draft-ietf-ipngwg-discovery-01.txt.




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[IPV6]  S. Deering, R. Hinden, Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)
        Specification.  Currently draft-ietf-ipngwg-ipv6-spec-02.txt.

Author's Address

        Matt Crawford
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