On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Anjaneyulu wrote: > Hi All, > The ND RFC 2461 specifies that the Hop Limit in the IPv6 Header be set to 255 for >Router Advertisement. > > But as far as i understand the router Advertisement should not be propagated out of >the Link by a router. > Why is the Hop Limit Value 255???? it can be set to 1 same as that in IPv4!!!!!!! > > Does this value 255 value that the router advertisement can be propagated across >255 Hops????
Please read RFC2461 again, in particular section 3.1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
