Multicast addressing question [7:51787]

2002-08-20 Thread Greg Kirkness
When converting an IP multicast address to a MAC multicast address, why is the bit immediately after the 01:00:5e always set to zero instead of using the highest-order bit from the IP address? Cheers Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=51787&t=51787 --

RE: Multicast addressing question [7:51787]

2002-08-20 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Greg Kirkness wrote: > > When converting an IP multicast address to a MAC multicast > address, why is > the bit immediately after the 01:00:5e always set to zero > instead of using > the highest-order bit from the IP address? > > Cheers > There wouldn't be any reason to use the highest-order b