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Service Location Protocol (SLP) uses address 239.255.255.253 for all its multicast traffic. The port number for SLP is 427, for both unicast and multicast.

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), which controls the assignment of internet protocol (IP) addresses, has assigned the old Class D IP address range to be used for IP Of this entire range, which extends from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255, the 224.0.0.* addresses are reserved for router management and communication, and some of the 224.0.1.* addresses are reserved for particular standardized multicast applications. Each of the remaining addresses corresponds to a particular general purpose, multicast group.

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