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| author | Michael Mitchell <awildbeard@byte.farm> | 2020-06-09 11:50:18 -0500 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-06-09 11:50:18 -0500 |
| commit | b6759431b080ad354a3b6d1d590fb96df40ce6c0 (patch) | |
| tree | 8467776b40ffbe60ececbf98485c52b647d79e6d | |
| parent | c7f0e0b9e5fd5c44f8589380c7c4b6614ed000a1 (diff) | |
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replace zeroconf address in mDNS repeater doc
The address 224.0.0.51 is a Zeroconf address, and not the address associated with mDNS (224.0.0.251)
The Multicast address registry from IANA can be found here: https://www.iana.org/assignments/multicast-addresses/multicast-addresses.xhtml under `Local Network Control Block`
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/services/mdns-repeater.rst | 2 |
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diff --git a/docs/services/mdns-repeater.rst b/docs/services/mdns-repeater.rst index d211aa50..9d6a292a 100644 --- a/docs/services/mdns-repeater.rst +++ b/docs/services/mdns-repeater.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Starting with VyOS 1.2 a :abbr:`mDNS (Multicast DNS)` repeater functionality is provided. Additional information can be obtained from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS. -Multicast DNS uses the 224.0.0.51 address, which is "administratively scoped" +Multicast DNS uses the 224.0.0.251 address, which is "administratively scoped" and does not leave the subnet. It retransmits mDNS packets from one interface to other interfaces. This enables support for e.g. Apple Airplay devices across multiple VLANs. |