Appendix B. IPv6 Resources

This appendix contains all the resources mentioned in the book, for easy reference.

Ethertype Field

Table B-1 lists possible values for the Ethertype number. The complete list can be found at http://www.iana.org/assignments/ethernet-numbers. Transmission of IP datagrams over Ethernet is defined in RFC 894 and RFC 895. The Ethertype for IPv6 is, as the table shows, 86DD.

Table B-1. Ethertype numbers

Ethertype (hex)

Description

0000-05DC

IEEE802.3 Length field

0000-05DC

IEEE802.3 Length field

0101-01FF

Experimental

0200

XEROX PUP (see 0A00)

0201

PUP Addr Trans (see 0A01)

0400

Nixdorf

0600

XEROX NS IDP

0660

DLOG

0661

DLOG

0800

Internet IP (IPv4)

0801

X.75 Internet

0802

NBS Internet

0803

ECMA Internet

0804

Chaosnet

0805

X.25 Level 3

0806

ARP

0807

XNS Compatability

0808

Frame Relay ARP

081C

Symbolics Private

0888-088A

Xyplex

0900

Ungermann-Bass net debugr

0A00

Xerox IEEE802.3 PUP

0A01

PUP Addr Trans

0BAD

Banyan VINES

0BAE

VINES Loopback

0BAF

VINES Echo

1000

Berkeley Trailer nego

1001-100F

Berkeley Trailer encap/IP

1600

Valid Systems

4242

PCS Basic Block Protocol

5208

BBN Simnet

6000

DEC Unassigned (Exp.)

6001

DEC MOP Dump/Load

6002

DEC MOP Remote Console

6003

DEC DECNET Phase IV Route

6004

DEC LAT

6005

DEC Diagnostic Protocol

6006

DEC Customer Protocol

6007

DEC LAVC, SCA

6008-6009

DEC Unassigned

6010-6014

3Com Corporation

6558

Trans Ether Bridging

6559

Raw Frame Relay

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