Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:24:36 -0700 From: fatty.merchandise677@aceecat.org To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw + igmp Message-ID: <EsaT9esKr57tY0Bv@aceecat.org> In-Reply-To: <20240915163823.00004017@seibercom.net> References: <20240915163823.00004017@seibercom.net>
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On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 04:38:23PM GMT, Gerard E. Seibert wrote: > On FreeBSD, IPFW supports both protocols "ipv6-icmp" and "icmp". It > also supports "igmp". I do not see any support for IPv6, however. Is > IPv6 not needed for "igmp"? wikipedia: IGMP is used on IPv4 networks. Multicast management on IPv6 networks is handled by Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) which is a part of ICMPv6 in contrast to IGMP's bare IP encapsulation. -- Ian
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