RFC 4291:IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
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tunnel


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... global token is not available (e.g., serial links, tunnel end-points) or where global tokens ...
... available. This is expected to be the case for serial links and tunnel end-points, for example. The alternative would have been for these to be of the form 0200:0:0:1, 0200:0:0:2, etc., instead of the ...


... identifier. The most common of these are serial links and configured tunnels. Interface identifiers that are unique within a subnet prefix must be chosen. ...



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