ADDRESS FAMILY NUMBERS 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] 65535 Reserved References [UNI-3.1] ATM Forum UNI 3.1. October 1995. [Malis] Andy Malis, <malis@bexen.com>, October 1995. []