MRD, Multicast Router Discovery |
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Protocol suite: | TCP/IP. |
Type: | Transport layer multicast discovery protocol. |
Multicast addresses: | 224.0.0.106 (All-Snoopers)
FF02:0:0:0:0:0:0:6A (All-Snoopers). |
Base protocols: |
ICMPv6, Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6. IGMP, Internet Group Management Protocol. |
SNMP MIBs: | |
Working groups: | |
Links: |
A hybrid protocol used for the discovery of multicast routers.
All MRD messages are sent with an IPv4 TTL or IPv6 Hop Limit set to 1 and contain the Router Alert option.
The Advertisement and Termination messages are sent to the All-Snoopers multicast address.
Solicitation messages are sent to the All-Routers multicast address.
MAC header | IP header | IGMP header | MRD message |
MAC header | IPv6 header | ICMPv6 header | MRD message |
RFCs:
[RFC 4286] Multicast Router Discovery.
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