Which protocol is the encapsulating protocol for mtrace packets?
A. ICMP
B. IGMP
C. PIM
D. GRE
2 Comments on “Which protocol is the encapsulating protocol for mtrace packets?”
Snoopysays:
“mtrace” is a diagnostic tool to trace the multicast path from a specified source to a destination for
a multicast group. It runs over IGMP protocol. Mtrace uses any information available to it to
determine a previous hop to forward the trace towards the source.
Reference. http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/html_product_manuals/NI_05500c_MULTICAST/
wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm#context=NI_MCAST&file=IP_Multicast.3.04.html
“mtrace” is a diagnostic tool to trace the multicast path from a specified source to a destination for
a multicast group. It runs over IGMP protocol. Mtrace uses any information available to it to
determine a previous hop to forward the trace towards the source.
Reference.
http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/html_product_manuals/NI_05500c_MULTICAST/
wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm#context=NI_MCAST&file=IP_Multicast.3.04.html
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According to https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/69/slides/mboned-3.pdf
IPv4 – IGMP
IPv6 – ICMP
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