24 Jun
2016
24 Jun
'16
5:31 p.m.
On 6/24/16 9:27 AM, Bob Evans wrote:
Is it true that managed Layer2 switches used by IX's can not block IPv6 multicast ingress port traffic from broadcasting to all ports ?
you can filter multicast destination addresses by acl. NDP you kinda need since it replaces ARP RA's you can and should filter (icmp6 type 134)
___Yes , seen many IXs with IPv6 multicast continuing yet IPv4 multicast is blocked.
___No , All should be able to bock IPv6 multicast.
___Only a few specific managed switch manufacturers have this issue with IPv6 multicast broadcasting.
You're knowledge on this problem would be helpful.
Thank You in advance.
Bob Evans CTO