Subject: RE: RFC 2710

From: "Dave Thaler" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:14:40 -0700

Tammy Leino [mailto:[email-masked]] writes:
> In regards to MLD, should a node transmit an unsolicited report for a 
> multicast address of link-local scope?  If so, why?

Yes, except for the link-scoped all-hosts group.
One reason is so switches can see which segments have members and not have to flood.

-Dave
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