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Forum Topic - unknown multicast group sent from io-pkt-v6-hc: (3 Items)
   
unknown multicast group sent from io-pkt-v6-hc  
Hi,

 

I'm running a board with io-pkt-v6-hc.  At power-up, with our Ethernet
port connected, I constantly see the following MLR:

 

ICMP v6

Type: 131  (Multicast listener report)

Code: 0

Checksum: 0x661d [correct]

Maximum response delay: 0

Multicast Address:   ff02::2:65d0:d71e

 

 

Any idea which IANA multicast group this belongs to? I can't find an
official register for it yet.

 

Cheers,

Maurice

 

Maurice Gibbs

 

Software Designer

CommTest WaveReady BU

JDS Uniphase Corp.

613.843.2326

 

Re: unknown multicast group sent from io-pkt-v6-hc  
I see that too!

It is the Node Information Query multicast address. You probably didn't 
find an official register for it because the definition of the address 
has changed since implementation. Looking at the code you'll see a 
reference to draft-ietf-ipngwg-icmp-name-lookup-04 in in6_ifattach.c.

In the draft 04 version the NI mcast address is formed from the prefix 
ff02::2:0:0/96 and a digest. That all changed and in the RFC4620 it is 
using ff02::2:ff00:0/104 and a different digest.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-ipngwg-icmp-name-lookups-04
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4620

Hope this helps!
/P

maurice gibbs wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  
>
> I'm running a board with io-pkt-v6-hc.  At power-up, with our Ethernet
> port connected, I constantly see the following MLR:
>
>  
>
> ICMP v6
>
> Type: 131  (Multicast listener report)
>
> Code: 0
>
> Checksum: 0x661d [correct]
>
> Maximum response delay: 0
>
> Multicast Address:   ff02::2:65d0:d71e
>
>  
>
>  
>
> Any idea which IANA multicast group this belongs to? I can't find an
> official register for it yet.
>
>  
>
> Cheers,
>
> Maurice
>
>  
>
> Maurice Gibbs
>
>  
>
> Software Designer
>
> CommTest WaveReady BU
>
> JDS Uniphase Corp.
>
> 613.843.2326
>
>  
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Technology
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post35426
>
>   
Re: unknown multicast group sent from io-pkt-v6-hc  
Thanks.  Purrfect!