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  • From: Stig Venaas <>
  • To: Bob Riddle <>
  • Cc: ,
  • Subject: Re: silly question from a silly guy
  • Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:50:44 +0200

On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 03:29:42PM -0400, Bob Riddle wrote:
> Is there an IPv6 multicast equivalent of of the IPv4 GLOP addresses?

Not that I'm aware of, but there is something much better. See RFC
3306. You can construct a group range based on your unicast prefix.
This means you can have a large range of addresses for your say /32
or /48, but you can also create a /96 group range that is unique to
say a /64 link if you like.

Stig



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