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IPng Working Group Matt Crawford
Internet Draft Fermilab
March 21, 1997
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
<draft-ietf-ipngwg-trans-ethernet-00.txt>
Status of this Memo
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1. Introduction
This memo specifies the frame format for transmission of IPv6
packets and the method of forming IPv6 link-local addresses and
statelessly autoconfigured addresses on Ethernet networks. It also
specifies the content of the Source/Target Link-layer Address option
used in Router Solicitation, Router Advertisement, Neighbor
Solicitation and Neighbor Advertisement messages when those messages
are transmitted on an Ethernet.
2. Maximum Transmission Unit
The default MTU size for IPv6 [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, or by manual
configuration of each node. If a Router Advertisement received on
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an Ethernet interface has an MTU option specifying an MTU larger
than 1500, or larger than a manually configured value MTU, if any,
that MTU option must be ignored.
3. Frame Format
IPv6 packets are transmitted in standard Ethernet frames. The
Ethernet header contains the Destination and Source Ethernet
addresses and the ethernet type code, which 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.
0 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Destination |
+- -+
| Ethernet |
+- -+
| Address |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Source |
+- -+
| Ethernet |
+- -+
| Address |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| IPv6 |
+- -+
| header |
+- -+
| and |
+- -+
/ payload ... /
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
(Each tic mark represents one bit.)
4. Stateless Autoconfiguration
The interface token [CONF] for an Ethernet interface is the EUI-64
identifier [EUI64] derived from the interface's built-in 48-bit IEEE
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802 address. The OUI of the Ethernet address (the first three
octets) becomes the company_id of the EUI-64 (the first three
octets). The fourth and fifth octets of the EUI are set to the
fixed value FFFE hexadecimal. The last three octets of the Ethernet
address become the last three octets of the EUI-64.
For example, the interface token for an Ethernet interface whose
built-in address is, in hexadecimal and in canonical bit order,
34-56-78-9A-BC-DE
would be
34-56-78-FF-FE-9A-BC-DE.
A different MAC address set manually or by software should not be
used to derive the interface token.
An IPv6 address prefix used for stateless autoconfiguration of an
Ethernet interface must have a length of 64 bits.
5. Link-Local Addresses
The IPv6 link-local address [AARCH] for an Ethernet interface is
formed by appending the interface token, as defined above, to the
prefix FE80::/64.
10 bits 54 bits 64 bits
+----------+-----------------------+----------------------------+
|1111111010| (zeros) | Interface Token |
+----------+-----------------------+----------------------------+
6. Address Mapping -- Unicast
The procedure for mapping IPv6 unicast 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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0 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| 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. This is the address the interface currently
responds to, and may be different from the built-in
address used to derive the interface token.
7. Address Mapping -- Multicast
An IPv6 packet with a multicast destination address DST, consisting
of the sixteen octets DST[1] through DST[16], is transmitted 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.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1|0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| DST[13] | DST[14] |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| DST[15] | DST[16] |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Security Considerations
Security considerations are not addressed in this memo.
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8. References
[AARCH] R. Hinden, S. Deering "IP Version 6 Addressing
Architecture", RFC 1884.
[CONF] S. Thomson, T. Narten, "IPv6 Stateless Address
Autoconfiguration", RFC 1971.
[DISC] T. Narten, E. Nordmark, W. A. Simpson, "Neighbor Discovery
for IP Version 6 (IPv6)", RFC 1970.
[EUI64] "64-Bit Global Identifier Format Tutorial",
http://standards.ieee.org/db/oui/tutorials/EUI64.html.
[IPV6] S. Deering, R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)
Specification", RFC 1883.
9. Author's Address
Matt Crawford
Fermilab MS 368
PO Box 500
Batavia, IL 60510
USA
Phone: +1 630 840-3461
EMail: crawdad@fnal.gov
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