DVMRP, Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol

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Description:

Protocol suite: TCP/IP.
Protocol type:Interior gateway distance vector routing protocol.
Multicast address: 224.0.0.4
FF02:0:0:0:0:0:0:4 (DVMRP router).
IP Protocol:2
Base protocol: IGMP, Internet Group Management Protocol.
IGMP types:0x03 (version 1); 0x13 (version 2).
SNMP MIBs:
Working groups: idmr, Inter-Domain Multicast Routing.
Links:

RFC 1812:

DVMRP is based on Distance Vector or Bellman-Ford technology. It routes multicast datagrams only, and does so within a single Autonomous System. DVMRP is an implementation of the Truncated Reverse Path Broadcasting algorithm.


MAC header IP header IGMP header DVMRP packet

DVMRP packet:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415 1617181920212223 2425262728293031
Type Code IGMP Checksum

Glossary:


RFCs:

[RFC 1075] Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol.

[RFC 2715] Interoperability Rules for Multicast Routing Protocols.


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