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	RFC 1256:

        Title:      ICMP Router Discovery Messages
       	Author:     S. Deering, Editor
	Mailbox:    deering@xerox.com
	Pages:      19
	Characters: 43,562
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none

		pathname: rfc/rfc1256.txt


This document specifies an extension of the Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMP) to enable hosts attached to multicast or broadcast
networks to discover the IP addresses of their neighboring routers.

This RFC specifies a Proposed Standard protocol for the Internet
community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol
Standards" for the standardization state and status of this protocol.
This document is a product of the IETF Router Discovery Working Group.
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Joyce K. Reynolds
USC/Information Sciences Institute