Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 18:27:29 -0800 From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah) To: dmaddox@conterra.com Cc: Charlie ROOT <root@freebsd9.lums.edu.pk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Query about multicasting Message-ID: <199901310227.SAA07365@stennis.ca.sandia.gov> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 Jan 1999 17:14:37 EST." <19990130171437.A5464@dmaddox.conterra.com>
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--==_Exmh_1966052001P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, "Donald J . Maddox" wrote: > On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 02:40:07AM +0500, Charlie ROOT wrote: > > Your help page on multicasting on freebsd.org says that to enable > > multicasting supprot in your kernel we only need to recompile with > > mrouting option and set mrouted_enable as yes in /etc/rc.conf! > > > > Apart from that there are other option in re.conf namely > > router= > > router_enable= > > > > Don't we have to set them as "mrouted@ and "YES" respectively? > > No, those lines deal with starting the normal 'routed' (for unicast). Just one point of clarification, in case the original poster wasn't aware...it's not necessary to rebuild a kernel to use IP multicast *applications*. Recompiling is only necessary to use a FreeBSD machine as an IP multicast *router*. Donald's reply is completely correct, however. Bruce. --==_Exmh_1966052001P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNrO/kKjOOi0j7CY9AQFSrgP+KV7vzeMqAUA0kssZ3AZ4p/AhTHHDSOZ/ c0jdU8uuWvJg8K6pEgAZE8Le6S2+tXd8RwB9OPmZ88fWiIl+UXTNSCrlGpdztC/F ZZ3gqKpndngdcQfULz8tSMW7t3Je+nR5Sl6V3bC5426RPN0lVomzhl1ugy6ex1jv jy4vUad507M= =W6Kr -----END PGP MESSAGE----- --==_Exmh_1966052001P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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