> Discuss:
> Section 3.3., paragraph 3:
> > The WTP MUST send the Discovery Request
> > message to either the limited broadcast IP address
(255.255.255.255),
> > a well known multicast address or to the unicast IP address of
the
> > AC.
>
> DISCUSS: http://www.iana.org/assignments/multicast-addresses does
not
> list a well-known IPv4 multicast address reserved for CAPWAP, and
> Section 15.1 only requests allocation of a new IPv6 multicast
address.
> Which well-known multicast address should be used for CAPWAP with
> IPv4?
Yes, since we state that multicast can be used for IPv4, we need to allocate a
well known address. I have made a change to section 3.3, and a new IANA
Considerations section.
<updated text>
3.3. AC Discovery
[...]
When the WTP attempts to establish communication with an AC, it sends
the Discovery Request message and receives the Discovery Response
message from the AC(s). The WTP MUST send the Discovery Request
message to either the limited broadcast IP address (255.255.255.255),
the well known CAPWAP multicast address (xx.xx.xx.xx) or to the
unicast IP address of the AC. For IPv6 networks, since broadcast
does not exist, the use of "All ACs multicast address" is used
instead.
15.1. IPv4 Multicast Address
This document requires a new IPv4 multicast address called
"capwap-ac" from the Local Network Control Block IPv4 multicast
address registry [to be removed upon publication
http://www.iana.org/assignments/multicast-addresses]. The new
multicast address is to replace the text xx.xx.xx.xx in Section 3.3.
</updated text>
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