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Re: [v6ops] ref Hosts dont MLD to join LL groups

Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org> Thu, 23 July 2015 11:51 UTC

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From: Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org>
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] ref Hosts dont MLD to join LL groups
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Alexandru,

I’m afraid I couldn’t interpret your message. would someone else be able to translate?

cheers,
Ole

>> 
>> I do wonder if we should expand that exception to all link-scope
>> multicast addresses.
>> 
> 
> I would beg to disagree.
> 
> If we expand that to all link-scoped groups, may lead to dismantling IPv6 dependence on 33::1 - ff:ff:ff:ff:ff would be sufficient.
> 
> My oppinion would rather be to modify the MLD RFC to mandate MLD joins for all scopes.
> 
> Ethernet has primitives for joining the corresponding link-layer groups, and in some cases they are used. Maybe all should use them.
> 
>> the bridge implementors I speak to tell me that they don’t have
>> enough state to do MLD snooping for link-local scoped multicast
>> addresses anyway...
> 
> This may be dumb from my side, but why dont bridge implementers use link-layer multicast?  They shouldnt implement MLD, and not snoop it. The Hosts should send the necessary link-layer multicast joins (triggered by themselves sending MLD REPORT for these groups) to the bridge addresses.
> 
> Alex
> 
>> cheers, Ole

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