[RADIATOR] [IPv6] Issues with Framed-Interface-Id assignment

[Eddie Stassen]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Heikki Vatiainen <hvn at open.com.au> wrote:
> On 08/22/2011 07:43 PM, Heikki Vatiainen wrote:
>
>> I will take a look at the dictionary and check what changes would be
>> appropriate to fix the problem.
>
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3162 says the Framed-Interface-Id value
> length is 8 octets, but it says nothing about how the itf id
> presentation. By presentation I mean how it would be writtein in
> configuration files etc.
>
> >From the start of this thread we have one example:
> Framed-Interface-Id = "10:1:1:1"
>
> Would "::1" be valid? How about "abcd::3"?
>
> The first two examples could be formatted as IPv6 addresses with the
> first 64 bits chopped off. The third would not work that way.
>
> What I'm looking for is ideas or more information what the itf ids may
> look like. This would be needed to correctly pack the attribute when it
> is sent to the wire.
>

The only ones I have seen use the un-abbreviated form i.e.
%x:%x:%x:%x, but then my IPv6 experience is very limited.