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        RFC 1972:

        Title:      A Method for the Transmission of IPv6 Packets over
                    Ethernet Networks
        Author:     M. Crawford
        Date:       August 1996
        Mailbox:    crawdad@fnal.gov
        Pages:      4
        Characters: 6,353
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1972.txt


This memo specifies the frame format for transmission of 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 RFC 1970, when those messages are transmitted on
an Ethernet.  This RFC is the product of the IPNG Working Group of the
IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
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