Re: IP layer and layer 2 IGMP Snooping

On Jun 11, 2:55 am, vicky <vikrant.pan...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

One more thing i want to ask

Is the Multicast IP to mac resolution   is done at host pc's end also.
to make a multicast MAC address

For exp
if multicast ip address is

227.2.3.7

then its mac address

01-00-5e-02-03-07

is made at host pc end , as then it send packet by setting this mac
address to the DA field.

In transmission, and in reception. Yes. As explained in RFC 1112.

Bert
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