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From: tom@tomqnx.tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home)
Subject: Re: Mrouted
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 18:49:01 GMT
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Do you have a custom kernel with multicasting enabled?

Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote:
: Jamie Bowden wrote:
: > 
: > I have a mbone tunnel to my home machine via ppp link, and am getting
: > errors I don't know what to do with.
: > 
: > debug level 2
: > 16:57:58.373 mrouted version 3.6
: > 16:57:58.397 Getting vifs from kernel interfaces
: > 16:57:58.403 installing ed0 (192.168.0.1 on subnet 192.168.0/24) as vif
: > #0 - rate=0
: > 16:57:58.409 installing ppp0 (128.82.5.54 on subnet 128.82/16) as vif #1
: > - rate=0
: > 16:57:58.414 Getting vifs from /etc/mrouted.conf
: > 16:57:58.419 Installing vifs in kernel...
: > 16:57:58.423 vif #0, phyint 192.168.0.1
: > 16:57:58.429 vif #1, phyint 128.82.5.54
: > 16:57:58.433 warning - can't join group 224.0.0.4 on interface
: > 128.82.5.54: Can't assign requested address
: > 16:57:58.445 warning - can't join group 224.0.0.2 on interface
: > 128.82.5.54: Can't assign requested address
: > 16:57:58.474 setsockopt IP_MULTICAST_IF 128.82.5.54: Can't assign
: > requested address
: > 

: Isn't 224.0.0.x a local-only address, like 10.0.0.x? If so, then 224... 
: cannot be used in any way externally to your home subnet, including via 
: PPP.
: -- 

: Ken

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