
ADDRESS FAMILY NUMBERS

(last updated 2007-02-08)

Several protocols deal with multiple address families.  The 16-bit
assignments are listed here.


Number    Description                                          Reference
------    ---------------------------------------------------- ---------
     0    Reserved
     1    IP (IP version 4)
     2    IP6 (IP version 6)
     3    NSAP
     4    HDLC (8-bit multidrop)
     5    BBN 1822
     6    802 (includes all 802 media plus Ethernet "canonical format")
     7    E.163
     8    E.164 (SMDS, Frame Relay, ATM)
     9    F.69 (Telex)
    10    X.121 (X.25, Frame Relay)
    11    IPX
    12    Appletalk
    13    Decnet IV
    14    Banyan Vines
    15    E.164 with NSAP format subaddress           [UNI-3.1] [Malis]
    16    DNS (Domain Name System)
    17    Distinguished Name                                    [Lynn]
    18    AS Number                                             [Lynn]
    19    XTP over IP version 4                                 [Saul] 
    20    XTP over IP version 6                                 [Saul]
    21    XTP native mode XTP                                   [Saul]
    22    Fibre Channel World-Wide Port Name                    [Bakke]
    23    Fibre Channel World-Wide Node Name                    [Bakke]
    24    GWID                                                  [Hegde]
    25    AFI for L2VPN information                             [RFC4761]
 65535    Reserved


References

[RFC4761] K. Kompella, Y. Rekhter, "Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
          Using BGP for Auto-discovery and Signaling", RFC 4761, January 2007.
           
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[UNI-3.1] ATM Forum UNI 3.1. October 1995.

[Bakke] Mark Bakke, <mbakke&cisco.com>, March 2002.

[Hegde] Subra Hegde, <subrah&cisco.com>, March 2002.

[Malis] Andy Malis, <malis&ascend.com>, October 1995.

[Lynn] Charles Lynn, <clynn&bbn.com>, March 2000.

[Saul] Mike Saul, <mike&nentat.com>, September 2000.

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