[comp.protocols.misc] What is Internet Group Management Protocol?

bjd7p@phil.cs.Virginia.EDU (Bert J. Dempsey) (07/17/90)

     I am looking for information on the Internet Group Management
Protocol (?).  Any leads appreciated.

				Bert

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Bert J. Dempsey                   
Dept. of Computer Science          bjd7p@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU
Thornton Hall
University of Virginia             
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solensky@interlan.Interlan.COM (Frank Solensky) (07/18/90)

The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is used to define "group" IP
addresses.  The group IP address is then used as a destination address on
a single packet, and causes the packet to be received by all of the hosts
in the group.

See RFC-1054: "Host Extensions for IP Multicasting", by Steve Deering.
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solensky@interlan.Interlan.COM (Frank Solensky) (07/18/90)

>See RFC-1054: "Host Extensions for IP Multicasting", by Steve Deering.

.. or better still, RFC-1122 (an update to same)..
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