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Re: Question about IPv6 over UDLR



Thank you Emmanuel for summarizing issues.

From: Emmanuel Duros <Emmanuel.Duros@UDcast.com>
Subject: Re: Question about IPv6 over UDLR
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:32:04 +0100
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Emmanuel.Duros> More generally, to obtain full bidirectional
Emmanuel.Duros> connectivity implementing RFC 3077 over a
Emmanuel.Duros> unidirectional link, it is necessary that the datalink
Emmanuel.Duros> header format contains at least the following
Emmanuel.Duros> information:
Emmanuel.Duros>  - MAC destination address
Emmanuel.Duros>  - MAC source address
Emmanuel.Duros>  - Ether_type-like field which specifies the content of the frame (e.g:
Emmanuel.Duros> ARP, pppoe, IPv4, IPv6, etc.).

I also believe those information are necessary for IP communication
not only multicast but also unicast(IPv4,IPv6). Source MAC addr
carries essential information for multicast communication on both IPv4
and IPv6 network. 

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Jun Takei