IP Multicast Support

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 provides support for the sending, receiving, and forwarding of IP multicast traffic. The IP multicast components of the Routing and Remote Access service allow you to send and receive IP multicast traffic from remote access clients and multicast-enabled portions of the Internet or a private intranet.

In This Chapter

IP Multicasting Overview

IP Multicast–Enabled Intranet

IGMP

Routing and Remote Access Service IP Multicast Support

Supported Multicast Configurations

IP Multicast Troubleshooting Tools

Related Information in the Resource Kit

For more information about IP multicast basics, see "Introduction to TCP/IP" in the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server Resource Kit TCP/IP Core Networking Guide.
For more information about IP multicast support in TCP/IP for Windows 2000, see "Windows 2000 TCP/IP" in the Windows 2000 TCP/IP Core Networking Guide.
For more information about remote access, see "Remote Access Server" in this book.
For more information about the Windows 2000–based routers, see "Routing and Remote Access Service" in this book.