To which multicast group does a candidate RP send announcement messages to advertise its willingness to be an RP?

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To which multicast group does a candidate RP send announcement messages to advertise its willingness to be an RP?

  • 224.0.0.13
  • 224.0.1.40
  • 224.0.1.39
  • 224.0.0.2

Explanation: A C-RP advertises its willingness to be an RP every 60 seconds via RP announcement messages to the reserved well-known multicast group 224.0.1.39 (Cisco-RP-Announce). RP mapping agents join group 224.0.1.39 to receive the RP announcements.

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