All things related to multicast

[Tim Chown <>]

On 21 Apr 2011, at 14:25, Alan Buxey wrote:

Hi,

http://www.slideshare.net/opencu1/adm6-ip6tables-pfconf-ipf-mit-python-in-deutsch

and the lecturer said " without multicast ipv6 is broken" ,

for the local LAN that is true - IPv6 uses multicast methods rather than
broadcasts for some of the local functions.....  for the wider WAN its not true -
I can get to IPv6 services on google etc just through standard unicast methods.

one day YouTube etc wont just use unicast to send streams...well, I can dream! ;-)

So where is ISOC World Multicast Day eh? ;)

Actually Embedded-RP multicast is pretty nice outside the LAN, and enabled widely in NREN networks.

Tim