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-rw-r--r--lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb b/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb
index a32a4a0..38afbb1 100644
--- a/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb
+++ b/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb
@@ -585,6 +585,20 @@ module IPAddress;
end
#
+ # Checks if an IPv4 address objects belongs
+ # to a multicast network RFC3171
+ #
+ # Example:
+ #
+ # ip = IPAddress "224.0.0.0/4"
+ # ip.multicast?
+ # #=> true
+ #
+ def multicast?
+ [self.class.new("224.0.0.0/4")].any? {|i| i.include? self}
+ end
+
+ #
# Returns the IP address in in-addr.arpa format
# for DNS lookups
#