
IGS-900 16 DVB Tuner to IP-Out
Author: Ralf Riedel
April 15, 2018
Filename: Blankom_IGS-900-16_Tuner_to_IP_Gateway_user_manual2018-03RR
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Host Extensions for IP Multicasting [
RFC1112
] specifies the extensions required of a host
implementation of the Internet Protocol (IP) to support multicasting. The multicast
addresses are in the range 224.0.0.0 through 239.255.255.255. Address assignments are
listed below.
The range of addresses between 224.0.0.0 and 224.0.0.255, inclusive, is reserved for the use
of routing protocols and other low-level topology discovery or maintenance protocols, such
as gateway discovery and group membership reporting. Multicast routers should not
forward any multicast datagram with destination addresses in this range, regardless of its
TTL.
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Registries included below
Local Network Control Block (224.0.0.0 - 224.0.0.255 (224.0.0/24))
Internetwork Control Block (224.0.1.0 - 224.0.1.255 (224.0.1/24))
AD-HOC Block I (224.0.2.0 - 224.0.255.255)
RESERVED (224.1.0.0-224.1.255.255 (224.1/16))
SDP/SAP Block (224.2.0.0-224.2.255.255 (224.2/16))
AD-HOC Block II (224.3.0.0-224.4.255.255 (224.3/16, 224.4/16))
RESERVED (224.5.0.0-224.251.255.255 (251 /16s))
DIS Transient Groups 224.252.0.0-224.255.255.255 (224.252/14))
RESERVED (225.0.0.0-231.255.255.255 (7 /8s))
Source-Specific Multicast Block (232.0.0.0-232.255.255.255 (232/8))
GLOP Block
AD-HOC Block III (233.252.0.0-233.255.255.255 (233.252/14))
Unicast-Prefix-based IPv4 Multicast Addresses
Scoped Multicast Ranges
Relative Addresses used with Scoped Multicast Addresses
Multicast (as opposed to unicast) is used to send UDP packets from 1 source to multiple
destination servers. This is useful for example for streaming from a satellite/DVB-T receiver
to multiple receiving PCs for playback. Multicast can also be used on the output of an
encoder to feed multiple streaming servers. Multicast only works with UDP and is not
possible with TCP due to the 2 way nature of TCP, most commonly multicast is used with RTP
and MPEG2-TS.
A multicast IP address must be chosen according to IANA information, we recommend
using an address in the range
239.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255
as this is reserved for private
use. Using multicast addresses in the 224.0.0.0 range may clash with existing services and
cause your stream to fail. For more details see
http://www.iana.org/assignments/multicast-addresses/multicast-addresses.xml