Explain the difference between the forwarding of a unicast IP packet and the forwarding of a multicast IP packet.

Correct Answer: Unicast IP packets are forwarded based on the destination IP address Multicast packets are forward based on the source IP address If a multicast packet is received on the interface used to send a unicast packet back to the source, the multicast packet is forwarded to multicast neighbors If the multicast packet is received on an interface that would not be used to send a unicast IP packet back to the source, the packet is discarded