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Konstantin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Konstantin KABASSANOV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: vendredi 28 f�vrier 2003 08:52
> To: 'Siva Veerepalli'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Question on MLD
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In particular this kind of messages can be useful for mld snooping
> switches.
> 
> Konstantin
> 
> _____________________________________________________
> 
> Konstantin K. KABASSANOV
> Research and Development Engineer
> 
> LIP6 Laboratory
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> 
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Siva Veerepalli
> > Sent: jeudi 27 f�vrier 2003 20:23
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Question on MLD
> >
> > RFC2710 (MLD) states that when a General Membership Query is
received, a
> > node listening to the query sends a membership report for all
multicast
> > addresses it is listening to, excluding the all-nodes link-local
> multicast
> > address and any multicast addresses of scope 0 (reserved) and 1
(node-
> > local).
> >
> > My question is, is the node required to send the membership report
for
> > solicited-node multicast address as well? In general, since nodes do
not
> > receive link-local scope multicast packets from out side the link,
why
> is
> > it required for the nodes to report membership to the router for
*any*
> > link-local scope multicast addresses?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Siva
> >
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