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To: "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich@sarnoff.com>
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Subject: Re: multicast config confusion: can't get mrouted to work 
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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 12:20:27 PST
From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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In message <Pine.SOL.3.91.960209170956.21340A-100000@morse> you write:
>I'm still a little unclear on the role of mrouted. In a 
>dedicated network of 16 machines is there ever a reason to run it? It 
>would appear not.

mrouted's role is to route multicast between networks.  If you have
only one subnet, then there is no reason to run mrouted.

  Bill