NETWORK LAYER
NEXT GENERATION IP
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Question
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multicast address
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anycast address
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unicast address
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IPv6 loopback address
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Detailed explanation-1: -A multicast address identifies a group of hosts sharing the same address. Multicast addresses are not assigned to a device, rather, a device proceeds to listen for and receive traffic destined to a multicast group that it has joined by some process.
Detailed explanation-2: -An IP multicast group address is used by sources and the receivers to send and receive multicast messages. Sources use the group address as the IP destination address in their data packets. Receivers use this group address to inform the network that they are interested in receiving packets sent to that group.
Detailed explanation-3: -Multicast networking is based on the simple concept that a single packet can be sent by a server and it will be received by many receivers. Multicast is different from broadcast because it’s more selective.