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CONFIDENTIAL
26-Jan-04
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Multicast Addresses - Layer 2
•RFC 1700 - ethernet
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•                                          224.            10.            8.            5            <--  Class D IP address
•0000 0001    0000 0000    0101 1110     0xxx xxxx   xxxx xxxx   xxxx xxxx        <--  IANA’s reserved block 01-00-5E
•               |                                                  |
•            Multicast Bit                                   0 = Internet Multicast
•                                1 = IANA reserved
•0000 0001    0000 0000    0101 1110     0000 1010   0000 1000  0000 0101     <--  MAC address 01-00-5E-0A-08-05
•224.10.8.5 multicast stream maps to 01-00-5E-0A-08-05 ethernet layer 2 address.
•rfc 1469 TR
•rfc 1390 FDDI
•rfc 2226 & 2022 - ATM
•rfc 1209 SMDS (broadcast)
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