[just for archives] Together with Michael, we have found the problem. One of the network cards (the xl0) didn't join multicast group in hardware, and this was the case why second router didn't heard announcements from the first one.
xl0: <3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xec80-0xecff mem 0xfdfffc00-0xfdfffc7f irq 9 at device 7.0 on pci1 xl0: Ethernet address: 00:04:75:79:de:a8 xl1: <3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xe880-0xe8ff mem 0xfdfff800-0xfdfff87f irq 5 at device 12.0 on pci1 xl1: Ethernet address: 00:b0:d0:7f:cf:9d miibus1: <MII bus> on xl0 ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus1 ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto miibus2: <MII bus> on xl1 xlphy0: <3c905C 10/100 internal PHY> on miibus2 -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"