From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jan 22 2:35: 1 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1FB737B401 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 02:34:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust47.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E6743EB2 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 02:34:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.12) id 18bIDg-0001FO-00; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:34:56 +0000 Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:34:56 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Shantanu Mahajan Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: error in ipv6.html of handbook(?) Message-ID: <20030122103456.GA4725@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Shantanu Mahajan , doc@FreeBSD.org References: <20030122045840.GA561@dhumketu.homeunix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030122045840.GA561@dhumketu.homeunix.net> X-message-flag: All your linuxconf-configured redhat are belong to us. X-message-flag-attribution: suresh, sdm. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:28:40AM +0530, Shantanu Mahajan wrote: > (Plz. let me know if this is wrong list to ask this ques.) Right list. > Following is the part from handbook/ipv6.html > > ------ BEGIN ---- > 19.14.2 Reading IPv6 Addresses > > A third form is to write the last 32 Bit part in the well known (decimal) IPv4 style with dots ``.'' as separators. > For example 2002::10.0.0.1 corresponds to the (hexadecimal) canonical representation > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > 2002:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:000a:0001 which in turn is equivalent to writing > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > 2002::a:1 > ----- END ---- > > As far as I can understand, > 2002:10.0.0.1 should be 2002:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0a00:0001 > i.e. 2002::a00:1 and not 2002::a:1 > ^^^ ^ Good catch! I'll fix this this evening. Thanks for letting us know, Ceri -- For the dwelling of the clan! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message