What does "ICMP to 224.0.0.2" mean?

From: Mozzy (dem_d_at_mail.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:20:45 GMT

Soon after booting my system and then re-connecting the cable modem
lead to the PC (as it had unplugged itself) I got this message from
my Sygate firewall

"Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is trying to broadcast an ICMP Type
10 (Router Solicitation) packet to [224.0.0.2]. Do you want to
allow this program to access the network?"

The IP address does not seem to resolve to ayone in particular. I
get some sort of info about "multicast".

I am a single home PC attached to the Net. Should I allow this sort
of thing through?

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