>>>>> On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 03:46:15 -0400,
>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Assume that a ipv6 packet has to travel through a ipv4 network to an ipv6
>destination host.
> As usual the appropriate routing entry is found for the destination address &
>nd6_output through the function pointer calls the appropriate output function fo the
>interface to transmit the packet( ifp->if_output).
> (Since tunneling is implemented in freebsd through the gif interfaces & configured
>by the user for configured tunneling) For a gif interface gif_output() is called.
> I believe that for a ipv4 destination tunnel end point gif output is going to
>construct a ipv4 encapsulation header & it will call ip_output() to send the packet.
>The ipv4 routing table will be used to send the packet to the appropriate host based
>on the destination ipv4 address given to the gif interface.
> Kindly inform me if my understanding is correct.
Yes, your understanding is correct.
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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