Multicast Routing Daemon v6
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The Multicast Routing Daemon v6 (MRD6) is an Ipv6
multicast
routing daemon developed by Hugo Santos
. Its main features include:
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
multicast
Multicast
In computer networking, multicast is the delivery of a message or information to a group of destination computers simultaneously in a single transmission from the source creating copies automatically in other network elements, such as routers, only when the topology of the network requires...
routing daemon developed by Hugo Santos
Hugo Santos
Hugo Filipe Ferreira dos Santos is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.-Football career:...
. Its main features include:
- Extensible modular design
- MLDMulticast Listener DiscoveryMulticast Listener Discovery is a component of the Internet Protocol Version 6 suite. MLD is used by IPv6 routers for discovering multicast listeners on a directly attached link, much like IGMP is used in IPv4. The protocol is embedded in ICMPv6 instead of using a separate protocol. MLDv1 is...
v1 and MLDMulticast Listener DiscoveryMulticast Listener Discovery is a component of the Internet Protocol Version 6 suite. MLD is used by IPv6 routers for discovering multicast listeners on a directly attached link, much like IGMP is used in IPv4. The protocol is embedded in ICMPv6 instead of using a separate protocol. MLDv1 is...
v2 support - PIMProtocol Independent MulticastProtocol-Independent Multicast is a family of multicast routing protocols for Internet Protocol networks that provide one-to-many and many-to-many distribution of data over a LAN, WAN or the Internet...
-SMSparse multicastProtocol Independent Multicast - Sparse-Mode is a protocol for efficiently routing Internet Protocol packets to multicast groups that may span wide-area and inter-domain internets...
support (ASM and SSMSource-specific multicastSource-specific multicast is a method of delivering multicast packets in which the only packets that are delivered to a receiver are those originating from a specific source address requested by the receiver...
) - partial MBGPMulticast BGPMultiprotocol Extensions for BGP , sometimes referred to as Multiprotocol BGP or Multicast BGP and defined in IETF RFC 4760, is an extension to Border Gateway Protocol that allows different types of addresses to be distributed in parallel...
support - Supports both native and virtual (tunnel) interfaces (tested IPv6-IPv4, IPv6-IPv6 and TUN/TAP tunnels)
- Abstract Multicast Forwarding Interface (MFA) with user-space forwarding
- CLI support (remote configuration and management) via telnet or local access