Excellent. Bryan On Aug 30, 2015 6:31 AM, "Peter Firmstone" <peter.firmst...@zeus.net.au> wrote:
> Our existing IPv4 Multicast Addresses: > > 224.0.1.84 jini-announcement > 224.0.1.85 jini-request > > Our newly assigned IPv6 multicast addresses: > > Dear Peter, >> >> IANA has listed you as the point of contact for the following variable >> scope addresses: >> >> FF0X:0:0:0:0:0:0:155 jini-announcement >> FF0X:0:0:0:0:0:0:156 jini-request >> >> Should we also add a link to the Jini Discovery& Join Specification to >> the Reference column? >> >> Please see >> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-multicast-addresses >> >> In your assigned variable-scope addresses -- which can also be listed as >> "FF0X::155" and "FF0X::156" for short -- the "X" denotes any possible >> scope. Assignment in the variable scope range means that you can use your >> address with any scope you like, while avoiding conflicts with other >> assignments/uses. >> >> This means if your use is strictly link-local, you can use FF02::155 >> (and/or 156). But also if, for instance, in the future, you want to do >> discovery within a site, you are also free to use FF05::155. If you like, >> you can think of this as being assigned multiple addresses, one for each >> scope value. >> > > We need to add these multicast addresses to our discovery and join > specification and look at updating River for IPv6. > > Regards, > > Peter. >
