multicasting - newbie queries - Networking
This is a discussion on multicasting - newbie queries - Networking ; Hi,
I Have a network interface, I have assigned an unicast IP adress to
it.
Can i assign a multicast IP address to it?. (ie Class D IP
address)?
My question is -1) When i join an multicast group - ...
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multicasting - newbie queries
Hi,
I Have a network interface, I have assigned an unicast IP adress to
it.
Can i assign a multicast IP address to it?. (ie Class D IP
address)?
My question is -1) When i join an multicast group - does that mean
that i have assigned the
IP address of my interface to multicast IP address?.
In otherwords what will be the source address of the IP packet sent
by a machine which
belongs to a multicast group?.
If i have 2 interfaces - how is this handled - can i specify a
multicast IP address to one
ethernet interface and a unicast ipaddress to another?.
could u please clarify?.
Regards,
john.
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Re: multicasting - newbie queries
On May 31, 2:28 pm, john.maxi...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> I Have a network interface, I have assigned an unicast IP adress to
> it.
>
> Can i assign a multicast IP address to it?. (ie Class D IP
> address)?
That wouldn't be meaningful.
> My question is -1) When i join an multicast group - does that mean
> that i have assigned the IP address of my interface to multicast IP address?
No, it means that you've sent a message to the router to forward that
multicast traffic to you.
> In otherwords what will be the source address of the IP packet sent
> by a machine which belongs to a multicast group?.
The source IP of multicast packets is an IP address in the A-C range.
(If there's an exception to this, I'm not thinking of it.)
