25. Introduction to MLD
n ICMPv6 with IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Router Alert Option
n Hop Limit is 1
n On each link a Querier is elected.
§ Lower IPv6 address is elected.
n The Querier sends a Query on a regular basis to ask if there any receiver
present.
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Querier Querier
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Query FE80::1 FF02::1
28. Introduction to MLDv1
n All MLD paquets are sent with Link-Local address as source.
n Hop Limit is 1
n MLDv1 (RFC 2710) is IPv6 version of IGMP Version 2 (RFC 2236)
o Multicast Listener Query
ü General Query. Sent to the all-nodes Link-Local multicast address to figure out which
group has members.
ü Address-Specific Query is used to identify the members of a given group. It is sent to
the address of the group which is being queried.
o Multicast Listener Report
ü Response to a Query
o Multicast Listener Done
ü Sent by a Listener which does not listen to this group any more.