Chapter 13. Multicast
This chapter covers the following subjects:
Multicast Fundamentals: This section describes multicast concepts as well as the need for multicast.
Multicast Addressing: This section describes the multicast address scopes used by multicast to operate at Layer 2 and Layer 3.
Internet Group Management Protocol: This section explains how multicast receivers join multicast groups to start receiving multicast traffic using IGMPv2 or IGMPv3. It also describes how multicast flooding on Layer 2 switches is prevented using a feature called IGMP snooping.
Protocol Independent Multicast: This section describes the concepts, operation, and features of PIM. PIM is the protocol used to route multicast traffic across network segments from ...
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