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Routing Aspects of IPv6 Transition
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Network Working Group R. Callon
Request for Comments: 2185 Cascade Communications Co.
Category: Informational D. Haskin
Bay Networks Inc.
September 1997
Routing Aspects Of IPv6 Transition
Status of this memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This document gives an overview of the routing aspects of the IPv6
transition. It is based on the protocols defined in the document
"Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers" [1]. Readers
should be familiar with the transition mechanisms before reading this
document.
The proposals contained in this document are based on the work of the
Ngtrans working group.
1. TERMINOLOGY
This paper uses the following terminology:
node - a protocol module that implements IPv4 or IPv6.
router - a node that forwards packets not explicitly
addressed to itself.
host - any node that is not a router.
border router - a router that forwards packets across
routing domain boundaries.
link - a communication facility or medium over which
nodes can communicate at the link layer, i.e., the layer
immediately below internet layer.
interface - a node's attachment to a link.
address - an network layer identifier for an interface or
a group of interfaces.
Callon & Haskin Informational
