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What is MLDv2 protocol and where it is used ?

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What is MLDv2 protocol and where it is used ?
posted Oct 25, 2014 by Ganesh

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MLD stands for "Multicast listener discovery" protocol. It is mainly used by the router to check which are all nodes connected directly, have interest for a IP multicast address.
For more details, go through the following link:
http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/mld.htm

answer Oct 27, 2014 by Neeraj Mishra
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