Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:07:23 -0700 From: John Nielsen <john@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPv6 multicast routing Message-ID: <DDDCE9D5-890A-4E74-BE86-4838E275E5C5@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <AD1AF31C-E9B8-45ED-B2BD-583D4032B645@jnielsen.net> References: <AD1AF31C-E9B8-45ED-B2BD-583D4032B645@jnielsen.net>
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No takers on -net, how about -questions? > On Dec 18, 2014, at 9:11 PM, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> wrote: >=20 > Does anyone do IPv6 multicast routing on FreeBSD? If so, what software do y= ou use? Any caveats or other things to be aware of? >=20 > The only options I have seen are all in net/mcast-tools and I'm having som= e trouble with each of them. I do have "options MROUTING" in my kernel and I= Pv6 forwarding enabled on each host. >=20 > I've had the best luck with "mfc": I can get packets to traverse a single r= outer. However I can't get them to traverse a second one in either direction= (though that may or may not be a problem with mfc itself). The big downer o= f course is that each unicast source and multicast destination has to be exp= licitly spelled out in each direction in the config file. Not at all scalabl= e and not compatible with the auto-configuration goals of my project. >=20 > The one I think I'd like to use is pim6sd. However I have had no luck with= either it or pim6dd. Both will run but not pass packets, and they each comp= lain that they cannot assign the requested ff02::2 address on either interfa= ce. >=20 > Any advice or suggestions appreciated.
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