Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:48:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Kwang-Soo Kim <kimk@cs.unc.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ed0 - supports multicast? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971016104658.2112N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199710152106.RAA03288@handel.cs.unc.edu>
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On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Kwang-Soo Kim wrote: > I tried to get multicast data on a freeBSD machine runs 2.2.2 without > luck. It is using ed0 driver and has an IBM ethernet card. > Since the manual of the card claims that it supports multicast, I > suspect ed0 driver. If ed0 really supports multicast, what would be the > problem? The IBM card is really an NE2000 SMC compatible? I know for a fact that the ed0 driver is multicast-capable. It's slower than a PCI card but it works. I upgraded to a de0-supported card and my average frame rate up 1 or 2 fps and the system didn't seem as sluggish. > My collegue tested the same kernel (same rc.conf) on another machine > which has 3c590 adapter and it worked well... Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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