Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:04:45 +0300 | From | "Alexey V. Yurchenko" <> | Subject | Re: how to set multicast MAC ligitemately? |
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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:03:45 -0700 Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> wrote:
> > Not interface should have a multicast MAC address. A multicast address > should only exist as a destination address, never a source.
Well, that's in theory. In practice I need several computers connected to a switch to share a single interface and look to the rest of LAN as a single node. All those computers must receive all packets desitned to that interface. Using non-multicast MAC confuses many switches.
Any suggestions? (Except not using a switch ;))
Regards, Alex
PS isn't this approach (forbidding certain addresses) a tad Microsoftish? Like saving users from themselves? If - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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