Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:34:56 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Shantanu Mahajan <shantanoo+fbsd@ieee.org> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: error in ipv6.html of handbook(?) Message-ID: <20030122103456.GA4725@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20030122045840.GA561@dhumketu.homeunix.net> References: <20030122045840.GA561@dhumketu.homeunix.net>
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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
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