Re: Interface Identifier from Ethernet Address: Inverting U/L bit

[Bob Hinden <bob.hinden at nokia.com>]

Rajan,

At 06:08 AM 11/23/2004, Rajan Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I could not understand the reason why U/L bit needs to be complemented?
> Is it simply to increase readability of overall IPv6 address?

See fifth paragraph of section 2.5.1 of RFC 3513, starting with "The 
motivation for inverting the "u" bit....".

Bob




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