IP Multicast Routing
This chapter describes the components of IP multicast routing, and how
to configure it on the Intel
®
NetStructure
™
480T routing switch.
For more information on IP multicasting, refer to these publications:
• RFC 1112—Host Extension for IP Multicasting
• RFC 2236—Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2
• DVMRP Version 3—draft_ietf_dvmrp_v3_07
• PIM-DM Version 2—draft_ietf_pim_v2_dm_03
• RFC 2326— Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode
Refer to http://www.ietf.org for the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) Working Groups for DVMRP and PIM.
Overview
IP multicast routing allows a single IP host to send a packet to a group of
IP hosts. This group of hosts can include devices that reside on the local
network, within a private network, or outside of the local network.
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