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Date:      Fri, 21 Apr 2000 16:25:47 -0700
From:      Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>
To:        dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help with SIOCADDMULTI, IFF_ALLMULTI and IFF_PROMISC
Message-ID:  <200004212325.QAA24912@windsor.research.att.com>

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>What should I do when I see ALLMULTI?

You should go promiscuous to multicast.  If the card doesn't support
that, you should go fully promiscuous and drop unicasts that aren't
to you.  (Make sure you don't block packets that bpf is going to
want to see).

  Bill


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