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Address Description
224.0.0.12
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server/relay agent
224.0.0.13
All Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) routers
224.0.0.14
Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) encapsulation
224.0.0.15
All Core-Based Tree (CBT) routers
224.0.0.16
Designated Subnetwork Bandwidth Management (SBM)
224.0.0.17 All
SBMs
224.0.0.18
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
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IPv6 multicast addresses
Figure 4
IPv6 multicast format
The following describes the fields of an IPv6 multicast address:
{
0xFF
—The most significant eight bits are 11111111, which indicates that this address is an IPv6
multicast address.
{
Flags
—The Flags field contains four bits.
Figure 5
Flags field format
Table 4
Flags field description
Bit Description
0
Reserved, set to 0.
R
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When set to 0, it indicates that this address is an IPv6 multicast
address without an embedded RP address.
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When set to 1, it indicates that this address is an IPv6 multicast
address with an embedded RP address. (The P and T bits must
also be set to 1.)
P
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When set to 0, it indicates that this address is an IPv6 multicast
address not based on a unicast prefix.
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When set to 1, it indicates that this address is an IPv6 multicast
address based on a unicast prefix. (The T bit must also be set to
1.)
T
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When set to 0, it indicates that this address is an IPv6 multicast
address permanently-assigned by IANA.
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When set to 1, it indicates that this address is a transient, or
dynamically assigned IPv6 multicast address.