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

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Tue May 28 02:33:28 1996

From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
To: Delbert.Matlock@teksouth.com (Delbert Matlock)
Date: 	Mon, 27 May 1996 23:31:21 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <31a9d725.8329517@mail.teksouth.com> from "Delbert Matlock" at May 27, 96 04:25:04 pm

> >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 :!?

Unable to duplicate. 

> 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

Also not seen on my test network. Do you have your routing tables right ?

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

When the people having problems with it are going to do some hacking. I
dont currently even have mbone links so count me out of the problem.

Alan



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