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From: "Rainer Bredehorn" <Bredehorn@gmx.de>
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Subject: RE: IPv6 multicast listener discovery
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> ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----

> This address is for IPv6 Node Information Query, called the NI Group Address.
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> For example, you can issue the command
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> ping6 -w fe80::250:fcff:feb8:5443%rl0
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> you can get your hostname back.

I see! So a node gets a multicast address for Node Information Queries.
This is obviously the case when a hostname is given in the rc.conf.
I would like to recalculate the lower address part.
Which part of a hostname like "test1.test.de" do I have to use to calculate the MD5 hash?

Do we have more from the RFC experimental stuff for IPv6 implemented in FreeBSD?

Rainer.