RIPv2 can use multicast for its routing traffic. If you have a router
configured to use RIPv2 then it is likely it is sending multicast packets.
routed may generate these as well, I guess.
John Wiltshire
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> From: Simon Bryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Subject: [SLUG] IGMP
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> Hi,
> While digging around in my Switch logs, I found some ports
> having a number of IGMP
> packets associated with them, about 5 out of 40. I am not
> 100% sure on IGMP but my
> quick reading says it 'allows Internet hosts to participate
> in multicasting'.
> Is this a concern? What type of applications (on aschool
> network) would be doing
> multicasting?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
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