Same answer for the MSR IPv6 stack and the MSDN Tech Preview stack. There
are a small number of multicast groups that a node will join by default,
like the all-nodes link-local multicast group. Other multicast groups are
joined via the sockets API.
Rich
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> To: Emanuel Moreira
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> >>>>> On 13 Dec 2000 16:36:34 -0000,
> >>>>> "Emanuel Moreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > I have a lan with 3 Pc's and I want to creat a multicast
> group so that I can make a ping6 from one Pc to the other's
> two using the multicast address as destination.
> > How can I create this multicast group?
> > Someone said to me that I would have to use sockets to make
> a multicast group. But can't I just give an multicast address
> to the three PC's and make a ping6 to that address. Is'nt
> this possible?
>
> That might depend on the IPv6 stack (i.e. OS) you are using, but at
> least on UNIX based platforms, there's no other ways to assign
> a multicast group than using a socket.
>
> JINMEI, Tatuya
> Communication Platform Lab.
> Corporate R&D Center,
> Toshiba Corp.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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