On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 12:34:04AM -0800, Steve Deering wrote: > At 10:08 AM +0530 11/28/01, Jagan wrote: > >The Hop limit in IPv6 hdr is decrimented by every intermediate node in > >the journey of the packet. Does it mean the packet can only tranverse > >through 256 intermediate nodes ( 2^8 )? > > Yes, it is limited to 255 IP hops (where a single IP hop may span > multiple layer 2 switches, or even multiple IP routers if there are > IP-in-IP tunnels along the delivery path).
Given purely hierarchical routing, this would be more than enough.
Regards,
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