Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:28:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Dimitri Tombroff <Dimitri.Tombroff@sun.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Default route for multicast IP addresses Message-ID: <199904161428.KAA25127@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <37171C7A.1D6F5A02@sun.com> References: <37171C7A.1D6F5A02@sun.com>
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<<On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 13:18:18 +0200, Dimitri Tombroff <Dimitri.Tombroff@sun.com> said: > It seems that all multicast IP addresses are associated to the default > route. > I can't see what part of the routing kernel code does that, or what > initialisation utility/script > configure the routing table to obtain that behavior, The part that sets up a default route. A zero-bit-long mask matches all addresses -- that's what makes it a default route. If you want multicasts to go out some other interface, create a route specifically for them. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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