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List:       ipng
Subject:    Re: Interface Identifier from Ethernet Address: Inverting U/L bit
From:       Bob Hinden <bob.hinden () nokia ! com>
Date:       2004-11-23 15:49:55
Message-ID: 6.1.2.0.2.20041123074723.03591cc0 () mailhost ! iprg ! nokia ! com
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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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