Administratively Scoped IP Multicast (RFC 2365, BCP 23)

Publisher

IETF / RFC Editor

URL

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2365

Published

1998-07-01

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-25

HTTP status

200

License

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Source notes citing this source

• The InformaCast default multicast address 239.0.1.2 falls in the administratively scoped 239/8 range but outside the RFC 2365 Organization Local Scope, so sites with scoped multicast boundaries may need to change the InformaCast range. inferred in context
• IPv4 addresses 239.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 are the administratively scoped multicast space, and 239.192.0.0/14 is the Organization Local Scope from which organizations should allocate private-use ranges. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (1998, July 1). Administratively Scoped IP Multicast (RFC 2365, BCP 23). WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-2365-admin-scoped-multicast

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-rfc-2365-admin-scoped-multicast,
  title  = {Administratively Scoped IP Multicast (RFC 2365, BCP 23)},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {1998},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-2365-admin-scoped-multicast},
  note   = {IETF / RFC Editor, accessed 2026-09-25}
}