500CHAPTER 33: IP MULTICAST

Class D address is 1110, the range of the multicast addresses is from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.

The multicast group can be either permanent or temporary. The permanent group has a constant group address assigned by IANA, while the number of members in the group can be random, even zero. Temporary multicast groups can use that group address, which is not reserved, but the number of members in the temporary multicast group cannot be zero.

The range and meaning of Class D address are as follows:

Table 574 Range and Meaning of Class D Addresses

Class D address range

Meaning

 

 

224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255

Reserved multicast address (Permanent group

 

address)

 

 

224.0.1.0 to 238.255.255.255

Subscriber available multicast address (Temporary

 

group address)

 

 

239.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255

The multicast address not managed or at specific

 

locations

 

 

The reserved multicast addresses, which are frequently used, are as follows:

Table 575 List for Reserved Multicast Addresses

Class D address range

Meaning

 

 

224.0.0.0

Reference addresses (reserved)

 

 

224.0.0.1

All systems on this subnet

 

 

224.0.0.2

All routers on this subnet

 

 

224.0.0.3

Not for distribution

 

 

224.0.0.4

DVMRP routers

 

 

224.0.0.5

OSPF routers

 

 

224.0.0.6

OSPF DR

 

 

224.0.0.7

ST routers

 

 

224.0.0.8

ST hosts

 

 

224.0.0.9

RIP-2 routers

 

 

224.0.0.11

Active agents

 

 

224.0.0.12

DHCP Server/trunk agent

 

 

224.0.0.13

All the PIM routers

 

 

224.0.0.14

RSVP encapsulation

 

 

224.0.0.15

All the CBT routers

 

 

224.0.0.16

Assigned SBM

 

 

224.0.0.17

All the SBMS

 

 

224.0.0.18

VRRP

 

 

……

……

 

 

The multicast protocol changes the Class D address into the hardware/media address. For example, in an Ethernet MAC address, the range of the reserved corresponding Ethernet addresses that IANA obtains the IEEE-802 MAC is from 01-00-5e-00-00-00 to 01-00-5E-ff-ff-ff.

IP Multicast Features In simple TCP/IP routing, the path of a data packet transmission is from the source address to the destination address following the principle of hop-by-hop. But in

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