Hi Linda, On 11/20/2012 01:05 PM, Linda Dunbar wrote: > Suresh, > > Are you saying that router has to send out MLD Query for all potential ND > multicast addresses and keep up state for listeners for all those multicast > addresses?
Nope. Only for those solicited node multicast groups that have at least one host on the subnet join. > > There could be millions of "Solicited-Node multicast addresses". That is a > lot of processing on routers. Not sure that I follow. Do you have millions of hosts on the subnet? If not, I do not see why you have to keep track of "millions of solicited node multicast addresses". Thanks Suresh _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list Int-area@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
