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RFC 4957: Link-Layer Event Notifications for Detecting Network Attachments

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Certain network access technologies are capable of providing various types of link-layer status information to IP. Link-layer event notifications can help IP expeditiously detect configuration changes. This document provides a non-exhaustive catalogue of information available from well-known access technologies. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC4957
Published
August 2007
Authors
S. Krishnan; N. Montavont; E. Njedjou; S. Veerepalli; A. Yegin
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
18
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