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Date:      Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:47:55 GMT
From:      Crist Clark <cjc@freebsdo.rg>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/121585: Wrong multicast specification
Message-ID:  <200803102347.m2ANltWs026733@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200803110000.m2B0066Y061903@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         121585
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Wrong multicast specification
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar 11 00:00:06 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Crist Clark
>Release:        N/A
>Organization:
>Environment:
Live webpage with problem:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-ipv6.html
>Description:
In Table 2-29, "Reserved IPv6 addresses," is confusing. It has the following,

	ff:: 	8 bits 	multicast

Which seems to indicate that 00ff:: is multicast. It is not. That should of
course read,

	ff00:: 	8 bits 	multicast

The next line is also confusing,

	001 (base 2) 	3 bits 	global unicast 	All global unicast addresses are assigned from this pool. The first 3 bits are “001”.

It would probably be more clear and consistent with other entries to change that to,

	2000::-3fff:: 	3 bits 	global unicast 	All global unicast addresses are assigned from this pool. The first 3 bits are “001”.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
See description.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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