From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon May 12 09:45:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA20605 for multimedia-outgoing; Mon, 12 May 1997 09:45:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA20599 for ; Mon, 12 May 1997 09:45:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA08587; Mon, 12 May 1997 09:45:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 09:45:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Jakob Alvermark cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vic and Quickcam In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 12 May 1997, Jakob Alvermark wrote: > Ok, I see.. Well.. I tried now with programs i found on your machine, > vic-qcam and nv-qcam, and it works! The two machines I connect are on the > same ethernet, same subnet, so I think mrouted shouldn't be needed in > this case. One thing that might come up is running multicast applications > between our two offices. The two offices are connected via a 128Kb/s > link, and bridges. I assume the bridges work on "ethernet"-level, so it > shold work. Well, I have to find out that myself. :-) Cool. Yes, if your machines are onthe same subnet then multicast will work without any further configuration. You either need to reconfigure y our routers or use mrouted if you want to get to other places in your LAN that are behind routers. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major