IPv4 Multicast PDF
IPv4 Multicast PDF
IPv4 Multicast PDF
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Layer 2 Addressing Group Ranges
239.142.57.6 224.0.0.0/24 Local network control
11101111 10001110 00111001 00000110 224.0.1.0/24 Internetwork control
00000001 00000000 01011110 00001110 00111001 00000110 233.0.0.0/8 GLOP (RFC 3180)
239.0.0.0/8 Admin-scoped
Terminology
Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) Common Groups
Verifies that multicast traffic travels in the reverse direction of 224.0.0.1 All hosts
unicast traffic, away from the tree root
224.0.0.2 All routers
Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP)
A proprietary protocol used by switches to obtain multicast 224.0.1.39 Cisco RP Announce
membership information for end hosts (deprecated) 224.0.1.40 Cisco RP Discovery
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
Hosts send IGMP requests to local routers to join multicast groups Distribution Trees
Shared
IGMP Configuration A common set of links which carry all
IGMP Support Router(config-if)# ip igmp [version <#>] multicast traffic; statically configured
Source-Rooted
IGMP Snooping Switch(config)# ip igmp snooping
Provides the shortest paths from the
Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) source to receivers