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From: jun@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp (Junichi Kurokawa)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: MBONE/Multicast on Linux or FreeBSD
Date: 19 Dec 1994 01:16:36 GMT
Organization: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Akasaka, Tokyo.
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In-reply-to: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com's message of 17 Dec 94 02:57:27 GMT

>>>>> "M" == Michael L VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> writes:

    M> In article <marcus.fosker.121.0011072E@rutherford.ac.uk>
    M> marcus.fosker@rutherford.ac.uk (Marcus Fosker) writes: Does
    M> anybody have any experience of doing this? Has anybody managed to
    M> get either Linux or FreeBSD to receive multicasts?

    M> NetBSD has full multicast support.

FreeBSD has had multicast support.

You have to go through a reconfig procedure to enable the feature,
though.

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Junichi Kurokawa
Image and Printing System Products Development Center
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.