Re: multicast not happy ?

From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:06:12 -0400
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <46730545.8050005_at_yahoo.com>, John Merryweather Cooper writes:
> 
>>> Any ideas ?
>> # /sbin/route add -static -net 224.0.0.0 -netmask 240.0.0.0 -iface sis[1|2]
>>
>> I had to do this so my OpenSlp would work.
> 
> I just got to about the same conclusion, only I used:
> 
> 	route add -net 224.0.0.0/4 127.0.0.1
> 
> I'd say this is a bug...
> 
I got the idea from a web page with the instructions for setting up 
OpenSlp on Linux.  I note that mDNS seems to need this too.  To me, it 
makes sense because you need an interface to actually receive/send 
multicast on--and that's what 224.0.0.0/4 is for.

jmc
Received on Fri Jun 15 2007 - 20:06:15 UTC

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