From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 23 23:18:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA11403 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 23:18:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zed.ludd.luth.se (zed.ludd.luth.se [130.240.16.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA11300 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 23:18:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pantzer@speedy.ludd.luth.se) Received: from speedy.ludd.luth.se (speedy.ludd.luth.se [130.240.16.164]) by zed.ludd.luth.se (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA26545; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:17:47 +0200 Message-Id: <199806240617.IAA26545@zed.ludd.luth.se> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Amancio Hasty Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: option MROUTING In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Jun 1998 13:38:24 PDT." <199806232038.NAA23308@rah.star-gate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:17:47 +0200 From: Mattias Pantzare Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > The question of mbone capable PC Unix systems keeps coming up on > the mbone mailing list. Linux is a little bit behind however it > is catching to FreeBSD in terms of mbone and audio /video conferencing > tools . The first step for wider MBONE deployment is for the PCs > whether they run Unix or WinXX is for them to be MBONE capable > by clueless users . The server side (mrouted) you are correct > in that the users usually have the sufficient expertise however > on the client side it is an entirely different matter. My computer does multicast (on the mbone) and I do not have MROUTING in my kernel. Client systems do not need MROUTING, only multicast routers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message