Hi, On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:30:25PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Be careful with that. Killing *all* multicast will kill IPv6. > > really? i wasnt aware that IPv6 *required* multicast or used multicast > to operate - which feature or part of IPv6 is this?
Neighbour discovery ("the thing that replaces ARP") and router advertisement /
router discovery all use multicast.
There is no broadcast in IPv6 anymore, it has been completely replaced by
job specific multicast groups.
gert
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