Multicast Listener Discovery
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multicast-listener-discovery-205-16903330
title:
Multicast Listener Discovery
text:
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) is a component of the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) suite. MLD is used by IPv6 routers for discovering multicast listeners on a directly attached link, much like Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is used in IPv4. The protocol is embedded in ICMPv6 instead of using a separate protocol. MLDv1 is similar to IGMPv2 and MLDv2 similar to IGMPv3.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Protocol for discovering IPv6 multicast listeners
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_Listener_Discovery
date created:
2005-08-31T18:03:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:46:23Z
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