Chapter2IPv6AddressConguration
Therstbyteoftheaddressformatissettofull-one,identifyingitasamulticastaddress.
Themulticastaddressoccupiestheentire1/256oftheIPv6addressspace.Theother
partsexcepttherstbyteofthemulticastaddressformatcontainthefollowingthreeelds:
lFlagseld
Thiseldconsistsoffoursinglebitags.Currently,onlybit-4isdesignatedtoindicate
thatwhetherthisaddressisawell-knownmulticastaddressdesignatedbytheInternet
numberinginstitution,oratemporarymulticastaddressusedinaspecicoccasion.
Ifthisagbitissettozero,itindicatesthatthisaddressisawell-knownaddress.If
thisagbitissettoone,itindicatesthatthisaddressisatemporaryaddress.The
otherthreeagbitsarereservedforfutureuse.Theinitializationvalueis0.
lScopeeld
Thisisa4-biteldandisusedtoindicatetherangeofmulticast.Thatis,whether
amulticastgrouponlyincludesnodeswithinthesamelocalnetwork,thesamesite
orthesameinstitution,orincludesnodesthatresidesanywhereintheIPv6global
addressspace.Thepossiblevalues4-bitsvaluerangesfrom0to15.Table2-6lists
thecorrespondingrange.
Table2-6MulticastScopeValues
HexDecimalValue
00Reserved
11Node-localrange
22Link-localrange
33Reserved
44Management-localrange
55Site-localrange
66Unallocated
77Unallocated
88Institution-localrange
99Unallocated
10AUnallocated
11BUnallocated
12CUnallocated
13DUnallocated
14EGlobalrange
15FReserved
lGroupIDeld
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