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   Mark to pk@pk.invalid   
   Re: multicast address   
   13 May 09 16:31:29   
   
   From: mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com   
      
   "pk"  wrote in message news:gubfr4$28m$1@aioe.org...   
   > So the last-hop router just puts the multicast   
   > packet into an ethernet frame using as ethernet destination address the   
   > ethernet address derived from the multicast IP.   
      
   I heard such behavior - forming multicast Ethernet addresses - is also   
   inherent to layer2 devices, supporting IGMP, i.e. aware of IGMP snooping. Is   
   that correct?   
      
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