RFC 1700
Octobre 2012

INTERNET MULTICAST ADDRESSES

Host Extensions for IP Multicasting [RFC1112] specifies the extensions required of a host implementation of the Internet Protocol (IP) to support multicasting. Current addresses are listed below.


Address    Description                                 References
224.0.0.0  Base Address (Reserved)                   [RFC1112,JBP]
224.0.0.1  All Systems on this Subnet                [RFC1112,JBP]
224.0.0.2  All Routers on this Subnet                        [JBP]
224.0.0.3  Unassigned                                        [JBP]
224.0.0.4  DVMRP    Routers                          [RFC1075,JBP]
224.0.0.5  OSPFIGP  OSPFIGP All Routers             [RFC1583,JXM1]
224.0.0.6  OSPFIGP  OSPFIGP Designated Routers      [RFC1583,JXM1]
224.0.0.7  ST Routers                               [RFC1190,KS14]
224.0.0.8  ST Hosts                                 [RFC1190,KS14]
224.0.0.9  RIP2 Routers                                    [GSM11]
224.0.0.10 IGRP Routers                           [Dino Farinacci]
224.0.0.11 Mobile-Agents                            [Bill Simpson]
224.0.0.12	DHCP Server / Relay Agent			[[Unknown]]
224.0.0.13	All PIM Routers					[Dino_Farinacci]
224.0.0.14	RSVP-ENCAPSULATION				[Bob_Braden]
224.0.0.15	all-cbt-routers					[Tony_Ballardie]
224.0.0.16	designated-sbm					[Fred_Baker]
224.0.0.17	all-sbms						[Fred_Baker]
224.0.0.18	VRRP						[RFC3768][RFC5798]
224.0.0.19	IPAllL1ISs						[Tony_Przygienda]
224.0.0.20	IPAllL2ISs						[Tony_Przygienda]
224.0.0.21	IPAllIntermediate Systems			[Tony_Przygienda]
224.0.0.22	IGMP							[Steve_Deering]
224.0.0.23	GLOBECAST-ID					[Piers_Scannell]
224.0.0.24	OSPFIGP-TE						[RFC4973]
224.0.0.25	router-to-switch					[Ishan_Wu]
224.0.0.26	Unassigned						[Jon_Postel]
224.0.0.27	Al MPP Hello					[Brian_Martinicky]
224.0.0.28	ETC Control						[Steve_Polishinski]
224.0.0.29	GE-FANUC						[Ian_Wacey]
224.0.0.30	indigo-vhdp						[Colin_Caughie]
224.0.0.31	shinbroadband					[Sakon_Kittivatcharapong]
224.0.0.32	digistar						[Brian_Kerkan]
224.0.0.33	ff-system-management				[Dave_Glanzer]
224.0.0.34	pt2-discover					[Ralph_Kammerlander]
224.0.0.35	DXCLUSTER						[Dirk_Koopman]
224.0.0.36	DTCP Announcement					[Patrick_Cipiere]
224.0.0.37-224.0.0.68	zeroconfaddr   (renew 12/02)	[Erik_Guttman]
224.0.0.69-224.0.0.100	Reserved[IANA]
224.0.0.101	cisco-nhap						[Mark_Bakke]
224.0.0.102	HSRP							[Ian_Wilson]
224.0.0.103	MDAP							[Johan_Deleu]
224.0.0.104	Nokia MC CH						[Morteza_Kalhour]
224.0.0.105	ff-lr-address					[Dave_Glanzer]
224.0.0.106	All-Snoopers					[RFC4286]
224.0.0.107	PTP-pdelay[http://ieee1588.nist.gov/]	[Kang_Lee]
224.0.0.108	Saratoga						[Lloyd_Wood]
224.0.0.109	LL-MANET-Routers					[RFC5498]
224.0.0.110	IGRS							[Xiaoyu_Zhou]
224.0.0.111	Babel							[RFC6126]
224.0.0.112	MMA Device Discovery				[Tom_White]
224.0.0.113	AllJoyn						[Craig_Dowell]
224.0.0.114	Inter RFID Reader Protocol			[Wayne_Wenyu_Liu]
224.0.0.115-224.0.0.250	Unassigned				[Jon_Postel]
224.0.0.251	mDNS					[RFC-cheshire-dnsext-multicastdns-15]
224.0.0.252	Link-local Multicast Name Resolution	[RFC4795]
224.0.0.253	Teredo						[RFC4380]
224.0.0.254	RFC3692-style Experiment (*)			[RFC4727]2
24.0.0.255	Unassigned						[JBP]

224.0.1.0  VMTP Managers Group                      [RFC1045,DRC3]
224.0.1.1  NTP      Network Time Protocol           [RFC1119,DLM1]
224.0.1.2  SGI-Dogfight                                      [AXC]
224.0.1.3  Rwhod                                             [SXD]
224.0.1.4  VNP                                              [DRC3]
224.0.1.5  Artificial Horizons - Aviator                     [BXF]
224.0.1.6  NSS - Name Service Server                        [BXS2]
224.0.1.7  AUDIONEWS - Audio News Multicast                 [MXF2]
224.0.1.8  SUN NIS+ Information Service                     [CXM3]
224.0.1.9  MTP Multicast Transport Protocol                  [SXA]
224.0.1.10 IETF-1-LOW-AUDIO                                  [SC3]
224.0.1.11 IETF-1-AUDIO                                      [SC3]
224.0.1.12 IETF-1-VIDEO                                      [SC3]
224.0.1.13 IETF-2-LOW-AUDIO                                  [SC3]
224.0.1.14 IETF-2-AUDIO                                      [SC3]
224.0.1.15 IETF-2-VIDEO                                      [SC3]
224.0.1.16 MUSIC-SERVICE                        [Guido van Rossum]
224.0.1.17 SEANET-TELEMETRY                        [Andrew Maffei]
224.0.1.18 SEANET-IMAGE                            [Andrew Maffei]
224.0.1.19 MLOADD                                         [Braden]
224.0.1.20 any private experiment                            [JBP]
224.0.1.21 DVMRP on MOSPF                               [John Moy]
224.0.1.22 SVRLOC                               <veizades@ftp.com>
224.0.1.23 XINGTV                                 <hgxing@aol.com>
224.0.1.24 microsoft-ds                    <arnoldm@microsoft.com>
224.0.1.25 nbc-pro                      <bloomer@birch.crd.ge.com>
224.0.1.26 nbc-pfn                      <bloomer@birch.crd.ge.com>
224.0.1.187-224.0.1.255  Unassigned                           [JBP]

224.0.2.1  "rwho" Group (BSD) (unofficial)                   [JBP]
224.0.2.2  SUN RPC PMAPPROC_CALLIT                          [BXE1]

224.0.3.000-224.0.3.255 RFE Generic Service                 [DXS3]
224.0.4.000-224.0.4.255 RFE Individual Conferences          [DXS3]
224.0.5.000-224.0.5.127 CDPD Groups                  [Bob Brenner]
224.0.5.128-224.0.5.255 Unassigned                          [IANA]
224.0.6.000-224.0.6.127 Cornell ISIS Project           [Tim Clark]
224.0.6.128-224.0.6.255 Unassigned                          [IANA]

224.1.0.0-224.1.255.255  ST Multicast Groups        [RFC1190,KS14]
224.2.0.0-224.2.255.255  Multimedia Conference Calls         [SC3]

224.252.0.0-224.255.255.255 DIS transient groups     [Joel Snyder]

232.0.0.0-232.255.255.255  VMTP transient groups    [RFC1045,DRC3]

These addresses are listed in the Domain Name Service under MCAST.NET and 224.IN-ADDR.ARPA.

Note that when used on an Ethernet or IEEE 802 network, the 23 low-order bits of the IP Multicast address are placed in the low-order 23 bits of the Ethernet or IEEE 802 net multicast address 1.0.94.0.0.0. See the next section on "IANA ETHERNET ADDRESS BLOCK".

References

[RFC1045] Cheriton, D., "VMTP: Versatile Message Transaction Protocol Specification", RFC 1045, Stanford University, February 1988.

[RFC1075] Waitzman, D., C. Partridge, and S. Deering "Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol", RFC-1075, BBN STC, Stanford University, November 1988.

[RFC1112] Deering, S., "Host Extensions for IP Multicasting", STD 5, RFC 1112, Stanford University, August 1989.

[RFC1119] Mills, D., "Network Time Protocol (Version 1), Specification and Implementation", STD 12, RFC 1119, University of Delaware, July 1988.

[RFC1190] Topolcic, C., Editor, "Experimental Internet Stream Protocol, Version 2 (ST-II)", RFC 1190, CIP Working Group, October 1990.

[RFC1583] Moy, J., "The OSPF Specification", RFC 1583, Proteon, March 1994.

People

<arnoldm@microsoft.com>
[AXC] Andrew Cherenson <arc@SGI.COM>
[Bob Brenner]
<bloomer@birch.crd.ge.com>
[Braden] Bob Braden <braden@isi.edu
[BXE1] Brendan Eic <brendan@illyria.wpd.sgi.com>
[BXF] Bruce Factor <ahi!bigapple!bruce@uunet.UU.NET>
[BXS2] Bill Schilit <schilit@parc.xerox.com>
[CXM3] Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@sun.com>
[Tim Clark]
[DLM1] David Mills <Mills@HUEY.UDEL.EDU>
[DRC3] Dave Cheriton <cheriton@PESCADERO.STANFORD.EDU>
[DXS3] Daniel Steinber <Daniel.Steinberg@Eng.Sun.COM>
[Dino Farinacci]
[GSM11] Gary S. Malkin <GMALKIN@XYLOGICS.COM>
<hgxing@aol.com>
[IANA] IANA <iana@isi.edu>
[JBP] Jon Postel <postel@isi.edu>
[JXM1] Jim Miner <miner@star.com>
[KS14] <mystery contact>
[Andrew Maffei]
[John Moy] John Moy <jmoy@PROTEON.COM>
[MXF2] Martin Forssen <maf@dtek.chalmers.se>
[Guido van Rossum]
[SC3] Steve Casner <casner@isi.edu>
[Joel Snyder]
[SXA] Susie Armstrong <Armstrong.wbst128@XEROX.COM>
[SXD] Steve Deering <deering@PARC.XEROX.COM>
<veizades@ftp.com>

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URL = http://www.iana.org/assignments/multicast-addresses/multicast-addresses.xml