RFC 4903: Multi-Link Subnet Issues

There have been several proposals around the notion that a subnet may span multiple links connected by routers. This memo documents the issues and potential…

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Outgoing relationships (33 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 1812: Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
Normative reference — RFC 2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
Normative reference — RFC 3633: IPv6 Prefix Options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) version 6
Normative reference — RFC 2462: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
Normative reference — RFC 3927: Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses
Normative reference — RFC 950: Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
Normative reference — RFC 4007: IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 4541: Considerations for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping Switches
Normative reference — RFC 2644: Changing the Default for Directed Broadcasts in Routers
Informative reference — RFC 3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Informative reference — RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 3775: Mobility Support in IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 3810: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 2373: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 3056: Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds
Informative reference — RFC 4380: Teredo: Tunneling IPv6 over UDP through Network Address Translations (NATs)
Informative reference — RFC 3513: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 3753: Mobility Related Terminology
Informative reference — RFC 1884: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 2453: RIP Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 925: Multi-LAN address resolution
Informative reference — RFC 4389: Neighbor Discovery Proxies (ND Proxy)
Informative reference — RFC 2080: RIPng for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 1075: Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4795: Link-local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR)
Informative reference — RFC 3024: Reverse Tunneling for Mobile IP, revised
Informative reference — RFC 1001: Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a TCP/UDP transport: Concepts and methods
Informative reference — RFC 1027: Using ARP to implement transparent subnet gateways

Incoming relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7558: Requirements for Scalable DNS-Based Service Discovery (DNS-SD) / Multicast DNS (mDNS) Extensions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8929: IPv6 Backbone Router
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7668: IPv6 over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5739: IPv6 Configuration in Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5942: IPv6 Subnet Model: The Relationship between Links and Subnet Prefixes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6574: Report from the Smart Object Workshop
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8105: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) Ultra Low Energy (ULE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7586: The Scalable Address Resolution Protocol (SARP) for Large Data Centers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9159: IPv6 Mesh over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy Using the Internet Protocol Support Profile (IPSP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9898: Neighbor Discovery Considerations in IPv6 Deployments