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Date:      Thu, 15 Feb 1996 11:07:21 -0500
From:      "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
To:        "Ege Rxbekk" <aagero@aage.aage.priv.no>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   FreeBSD as a multicast router/tunnel
Message-ID:  <9602151607.AA11958@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199602151038.LAA01088@birk04.studby.uio.no>
References:  <199602151038.LAA01088@birk04.studby.uio.no>

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<<On Thu, 15 Feb 1996 11:38:56 +0100 (MET), "Ege Rxbekk" <aagero@aage.aage.priv.no> said:

> I'm trying to use FreeBSD as a multicast tunnel, but the data it
> receives does not get sent to the local ethernet. However, programs
> run locally on the tunnel works fine. Are there any magic routes I
> have to set up? Except the 224.0.0.0 which is added in sysconfig.

You have to set up /etc/mrouted.conf and run mrouted.  In more recent
versions, there is an option in /etc/sysconfig to automatically start
mrouted.

I don't know how well the tunneling code gets exercised; we're on a
research testbed network which has multicast capability throughout.

-GAWollman

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