On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Markku Savela wrote: > > From: Antonio Querubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Unfortunately the RFCs don't specifically define an IPv4-mapped IPv6 > > equivalent for IPv4 multicast addresses. That section of the IPv6 address > > architecture RFC only pertains to mapping IPv4 unicast addresses. > > I don't see any problem here. IPv4-mapped format is just IPv4 address > represented in IPv6 addres format. Makes no difference whether IPv4 > address is "unicast", multicast or loopback net. Its 1:1 mapping.
The RFC defines mapped addresses only for unicast addresses. There is no provision for dealing with mapped multicast addresses. Hence the problem... -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
