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INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

M. Christensen
K. Kimball
F. Solensky

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magma (int)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4541

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Abstract

This memo describes the recommendations for Internet Group ManagementProtocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snoopingswitches. These are based on best current practices for IGMPv2,with further considerations for IGMPv3- and MLDv2-snooping. Additionalareas of relevance, such as link layer topology changes andEthernet-specific encapsulation issues, are also considered. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.