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Multicast Router Discovery
draft-ietf-idmr-igmp-mrdisc-10

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (idmr WG)
Expired & archived
Authors Brian Haberman , Bradley Cain , Bradley Cain , Shantam Biswas , Bradley Cain , Brian Haberman , Shantam Biswas , Storigen Systems
Last updated 2015-10-14 (Latest revision 2003-01-08)
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Intended RFC status Proposed Standard
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Stream WG state WG Document
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IESG IESG state Expired (IESG: Dead)
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Responsible AD Bill Fenner (ˢˣˠ)
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Abstract

The concept of IGMP snooping requires the ability to identify the location of multicast routers. Since IGMP (and MLD) snooping is not standardized, there are many mechanisms in use to identify the multicast routers. However, this scenario can lead to interoperability issues between multicast routers and layer-2 switches from different vendors. This document introduces a general mechanism that allows for the discovery of multicast routers. By introducing these new messages, snooping devices have a uniform means of identifying multicast routers without dependency on particular routing protocols. These messages may also be used to convey configuration parameters to all systems on a network. In addition, other devices that may need to discover multicast routers can utilize these messages.

Authors

Brian Haberman
Bradley Cain
Bradley Cain
Shantam Biswas
Bradley Cain
Brian Haberman
Shantam Biswas
Storigen Systems

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