>>>>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 07:51:03 -0400,
>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I found that in the rtadvd daemon code there is a function which is called to join
>to the all router multicast address( ff02::02).
> My doubt is if rtadvd is disabled for a router then whether it will join the all
>routers multicast list?
> one reason i find for such a implementation is that joining the all router multicast
>address (ff02::02) is useless for a router if it is not running rtadvd.
> Is my understanding correct? or is the router joins the all router multicast address
>at some other place other than rtadvd?
In the KAME's implementation, (which is base code of FreeBSD),
applications that have to join the all-routers multicast group join on
their own. rtadvd, pim6dd and pim6sd are examples of such
applications.
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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