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Date:      Mon, 03 Sep 2001 11:15:50 +0900
From:      "Qin, Li" <qinli@direct.ksp.nis.nec.co.jp>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 4.3 doesn't support multicast for IPv4 by default?
Message-ID:  <3B92E7D6.833229B3@direct.ksp.nis.nec.co.jp>
References:  <200108311453.f7VErEJ57679@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu>

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It seems you're right: According to the message of tcpdump, the packet header of
'j 224.1.1.1 192.168.24.86' command of mtest program is 'foobar.com > 224.1.1.1:
foobar.com > 224.1.1.1: igmp v2 report 224.1.1.1 [ttl 1]' and 'foobar.com >
ALL-ROUTERS.MCAST.NET: foobar.com > ALL-ROUTERS.MCAST.NET: igmp leave 224.1.1.1
[ttl 1]' when executing 'q' command. It proved multicast is supported though,
still cannot get the echo of ping at the multicast address, in this case,
224.1.1.1 on another machine :(

mark tinguely wrote:
> 
> FreeBSD and almost all network cards support Multicast by default.
> 
> The only kernel changes that are required is when you want to run
> a Multicast router on the machine.
> 
> most likely you have a firewall rule that is blocking multicast from
> being sent and recieved.
> 
> if you do not have any firewall rules enabled, run tcpdump on the interface
> and then start a mulitcast program (sdr, vic, vat, rat). The multicast
> program will make an announcement to the network that it has joined the
> group that you should see on the tcpdump.
> 
> --mark tinguely.

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