Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 03:59:19 -0600 From: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> To: "Sten Spans" <sten@blinkenlights.nl> 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 Message-ID: <2fd864e0611080159s46a4f425s9edaf3ceee0994eb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611080856470.8914@zaphod.blinkenlights.nl> References: <0816728210329F46A07F3C57CF00E32D071AF3@KOCEW2KSV13.koce-ad.int.koce.org> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611080856470.8914@zaphod.blinkenlights.nl>
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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
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