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Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Michael Peer <mpeer@koce.org>
Subject: Re: Multicast does not work with Dell 2950 with Broadcom NetXtreme
	II BCM5708 1000Base-T
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On 11/8/06, Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Michael Peer wrote:
>
> > Hope anyone can help?
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a new Dell 2950 with the Broadcom NetXtreme II NIC on board and
> > seeing the following:
> >
> >
> >
> > GB 0 interface is listed as bce1, and GB 1 is listed as bce1.  Do not
> > see that with older dells that use em0, and em1 on-board NIC,
> >
> > but this is not my problem
> >
> >
> >
> > I am using the box as router, with quagga ospf loaded.  It does not see
> > the OSPF multicast traffic of my other routers on network.
>
> I've seen similar problems with 1550 and 1650, but with ipv6 addrs.
> The simple solution is 'ifconfig bce0 promisc'.
>
>
An interface that's not configured for promiscuous operation will drop
packets that are not destined for it. Multicast can get a little odd in that
respect.

In the case of bge/bce/bfe cards, I tend to manually set
everything.likethat, because of the odd issues with the cards.

--- Harrison Grundy