From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Nov 6 1:23:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (polaris.we.lc.ehu.es [158.227.6.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3715037B416 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 01:23:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (v-ger [158.227.6.51]) by polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fA69ND106288; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:23:13 +0100 (MET) Received: (from jose@localhost) by v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fA69MpV00584; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:22:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jose) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:22:51 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" To: Scott Mitchell Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xircom CE3-10/100 (xe(4)) cannot receive multicast frames Message-ID: <20011106102251.A343@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> References: <20011105185451.A392@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> <20011106003619.A1861@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011106003619.A1861@localhost>; from scott.mitchell@mail.com on Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 12:36:19AM +0000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 12:36:19AM +0000, Scott Mitchell wrote: > Something is seriously broken in the xe(4) driver. I don't think multicast > receive has ever worked properly -- if you grovel around in the if_xe.c > code you'll find some stuff to set up the multicast address filters that is > never actually used :-( It's been on my list of things to fix for ages, > but no-one complained until now. Uh, oh! So I am the first one trying to use IPv6 with a xe. IPv6 _needs_ full multicast support to work. > I'll look into it as soon as I can, which might not be for a few weeks > (sorry). In the meantime, could you try putting the card in promiscuous > mode and see if it receives the offending frames then? Yes. With "tcpdump ether multicast and not ether broadcast" I see the multicast frames. However, using "tcpdump -p ..." no multicast frames are received. Thanks, JMA -- ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message