StationAddressIPv6

  • Base type OctetString
  • Format 2x:2x:2x:2x:2x:2x:2x:2x%4d
  • Range 16 — 16

Represents an IPv6 network address: octets contents encoding 1-16 IPv6 address network-byte order 17-20 scope identifier network-byte order The corresponding InetAddressType value is ipv6(2). The scope identifier (bytes 17-20) MUST NOT be present for global IPv6 addresses. For non-global IPv6 addresses (e.g. link-local or site-local addresses), the scope identifier MUST always be present. It contains a link identifier for link-local and a site identifier for site-local IPv6 addresses. The scope identifier MUST disambiguate identical address values. For link-local addresses, the scope identifier will typically be the interface index (ifIndex as defined in the IF-MIB, RFC 2233) of the interface on which the address is configured. The scope identifier may contain the special value 0 which refers to the default scope. The default scope may be used in cases where the valid scope identifier is not known (e.g., a management application needs to write a site-local StationIdIPv6 address without knowing the site identifier value). The default scope SHOULD NOT be used as an easy way out in cases where the scope identifier for a non-global IPv6 is known.