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Re: no IP multicast in linux-pre-2.0.7???

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Delbert Matlock)
Tue May 28 01:47:34 1996

From: Delbert.Matlock@teksouth.com (Delbert Matlock)
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: 	Mon, 27 May 1996 16:25:04 GMT
In-Reply-To: <I2010506.96May24105547@octopus.this.domain.is.not.set>

<news@gomorrha.rz.uni-hildesheim.de> wrote:

>
>G'day!
>
>unfortunately IP multicasting doesn't work any more in pre2.0.7
>
>CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
>
>mrouted 3.8
>-> can't enable Multicast routing in kernel: Protocol not available
>it did work in <=1.3.99 :!?
>
>strangely, ifconfig eth0 reports
>UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU 1500 Metric 1

I've been having problems with mrouted not working since 1.3.87 (or
there abouts).  The following message comes up whenever I try to run
it:

May  6 12:02:52 andrew mrouted[324]: warning - sendto to 224.0.0.1 on
38.250.52.34: Operation not permitted
May  6 12:02:52 andrew mrouted[324]: warning - sendto to 224.0.0.4 on
38.250.52.34: Operation not permitted
May  6 12:02:52 andrew mrouted[324]: warning - sendto to 224.0.0.1 on
38.250.52.66: Operation not permitted
May  6 12:02:52 andrew mrouted[324]: warning - sendto to 224.0.0.4 on
38.250.52.66: Operation not permitted
May  6 12:02:52 andrew mrouted[324]: warning - sendto to 224.0.0.1 on
38.250.52.98: Operation not permitted
May  6 12:02:52 andrew mrouted[324]: warning - sendto to 224.0.0.4 on
38.250.52.98: Operation not permitted

I'm beginning to wonder of mrouted will ever run right under Linux.

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