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Re: Bridge Frame SNDU Encapsulation
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 18:50, Gorry Fairhurst wrote:
> On 17/3/05 3:35 am, "nurul" <azila@nrg.cs.usm.my> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have a question on Bridge Frame SNDU Encapsulation. For this type,
> > there is no differentiation on whether it is receiving IPv4 packets or
> > IPv6 packets is there? I would just want a confirmation.
> > Thank you in advance.:)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Nurul
> >
>
> Indeed, bridging is a link layer mechanism, the original frame should be
> sent without modification as a bridging payload.
>
> The normal operation for IPv6 is expected to use the native encapsulation.
> In some scenarios, this is not possible/desirable, in which case L2 bridging
> can be used.
>
> The final receiver of the bridged frame will (as usual) consult the
> EtherType field of the Ethernet frame received - which will be an IPv6
> codepoint if the frame itself carried an IPv6 packet.
>
>
> Gorry
>
>
Thank you so much for your info. :)
regards,
nurul