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IPv6-Resolved IPv4 Gateway
draft-vanmook-intarea-ipv6-resolved-gateway-01

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (intarea WG)
Expired & archived
Author Remco van Mook
Last updated 2026-08-27 (Latest revision 2026-06-17)
Replaces draft-ipv6-resolved-gateway
Replaced by draft-ietf-intarea-ipv6-resolved-gateway
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Abstract

This document specifies host behavior enabling IPv4 communication for dual-stack hosts on IPv6-only segments, without subnets, ARP, tunneling, or translation. Hosts that receive 192.0.0.11/32 as their IPv4 default gateway address resolve the next-hop link-layer address from the IPv6 neighbor cache rather than via ARP. IPv4 packets are forwarded natively, end-to-end. The mechanism is incrementally deployable alongside unmodified hosts with no changes to DHCPv4 infrastructure. This document requests the allocation of 192.0.0.11/32 in the IANA IPv4 Special-Purpose Address Registry to support this mechanism.

Authors

Remco van Mook

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