Re: IPv6-Link local address

2006-11-02 Thread David Malone
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 03:54:08PM +0530, kernel learner wrote: > In IPv6 whenever a NS packet is received, > and if the target address is link local, then second 16 bits from lsb side > are fileed with interface index. and while sending NA as reply those bits in > target address are made zero. Why

IPv6-Link local address

2006-11-02 Thread kernel learner
Hi all, In IPv6 whenever a NS packet is received, and if the target address is link local, then second 16 bits from lsb side are fileed with interface index. and while sending NA as reply those bits in target address are made zero. Why is it done? Acc. to rfc, those 16bits are part of 64 bit int