RFC 6214 · INFORMATIONAL · 2011
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Adaptation of RFC 1149 for IPv6
Overview
RFC 6214, “Adaptation of RFC 1149 for IPv6”, is an Informational document published in March 2011 by B. Carpenter, R. Hinden. It updates RFC 1149. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies a method for transmission of IPv6 datagrams over the same medium as specified for IPv4 datagrams in RFC 1149. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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