Linux, Bridging, and Multicast

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:02:15 EST
Derek Martin said:

>At some point hitherto, pll at lanminds.com hath spake thusly:
>> They have a system with 2 NICs.  Both NICs have the same multi-cast 
>> address (224.X.Y.Z).  They want to bridge these NICs together such 
>> that packets coming in one NIC get passed out the other and vice 
>> versa.
>
>This sounds more like a bridging problem than a multicast problem,
>though I don't know much about multicasting...  I suspect you will get
>the results you want by enabling bridging in network options.  I could
>be wrong...  =8^)

Actually, the answer I came up with was to erect a very sturdy and 
robust SEP field around it :)  Everything works better with those 
anyway!
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Seeya,
Paul
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