Re: why multicasting is working?

2004-10-21 Thread Oleg Butorin
Forgot to say about my router. My router is in the same network with the other computers, it is working only as firewall to the internet. So for the multicasting inside my network this is the usual workstation. Mike Mestnik wrote: --- Oleg Butorin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Mestnik wrote:

Re: why multicasting is working?

2004-10-20 Thread Oleg Butorin
Mike Mestnik wrote: I'm not an expert on MC, but I'd think 224.0.0.1 would be routed to your default route. Then the pkt would get multicasted and you would receve multiple responces. Yes, but I received responces from the systems where multicasting disabled in the kernel.

Re: why multicasting is working?

2004-10-20 Thread Mike Mestnik
--- Oleg Butorin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Mestnik wrote: I'm not an expert on MC, but I'd think 224.0.0.1 would be routed to your default route. Then the pkt would get multicasted and you would receve multiple responces. Yes, but I received responces

Re: why multicasting is working?

2004-10-20 Thread Oleg Butorin
Please read Multicast-HOWTO.gz! Especially: ... 1.1. What is Multicast. Multicast is... a need. Well, at least in some scenarios. If you have information (a lot of information, usually) that should be transmitted to various (but usually not all) hosts over an internet, then Multicast is the

Re: why multicasting is working?

2004-10-19 Thread Mike Mestnik
--- Oleg Butorin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Mestnik wrote: I'm not an expert on MC, but I'd think 224.0.0.1 would be routed to your default route. Then the pkt would get multicasted and you would receve multiple responces. Yes, but I received responces from the systems where

Re: why multicasting is working?

2004-10-18 Thread Oleg Butorin
Theodore Knab wrote: Actually, this set of find commands will work better: find /proc/net -name '*cast* -print -exec cat {} ';' find /proc/sys -name '*cast* -print -exec cat {} ';' Thank you for the answer. I didn't find anything. And the question is: why it is working, when it is disabled in the

Re: why multicasting is working?

2004-10-18 Thread Oleg Butorin
Mike Mestnik wrote: I'm not an expert on MC, but I'd think 224.0.0.1 would be routed to your default route. Then the pkt would get multicasted and you would receve multiple responces. Yes, but I received responces from the systems where multicasting disabled in the kernel. IIRC kernel level

why multicasting is working?

2004-10-15 Thread Oleg Butorin
Hello all, I have two linux debian systems, one with kernel 2.2.18, another with 2.4.20. Both kernels have option IP: multicasting DISABLED. However multicasting is working and both systems answered if I ping 224.0.0.1, and multicast programs are working! The question is: why this option IP:

Re: why multicasting is working?

2004-10-15 Thread Theodore Knab
Check to see if the kernel switches are on (1) or off (0): find /proc/net -name '*cast* find /proc/sys -name '*cast*' On 15/10/04 15:20 +0400, Oleg Butorin wrote: Hello all, I have two linux debian systems, one with kernel 2.2.18, another with 2.4.20. Both kernels have option IP:

Re: why multicasting is working?

2004-10-15 Thread Theodore Knab
Actually, this set of find commands will work better: find /proc/net -name '*cast* -print -exec cat {} ';' find /proc/sys -name '*cast* -print -exec cat {} ';' On 15/10/04 10:36 -0400, Theodore Knab wrote: Check to see if the kernel switches are on (1) or off (0): find /proc/net -name

Re: why multicasting is working?

2004-10-15 Thread Mike Mestnik
I'm not an expert on MC, but I'd think 224.0.0.1 would be routed to your default route. Then the pkt would get multicasted and you would receve multiple responces. IIRC kernel level MC support is only for if you want to be on Mbone, not if you want to use it as a client/server. --- Oleg Butorin