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SubjectRE: how to set multicast MAC ligitemately?
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Alexey V. Yurchenko wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:03:45 -0700
> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > Not interface should have a multicast MAC address. A
> multicast address
> > should only exist as a destination address, never a source.
>
> Well, that's in theory. In practice I need several computers
> connected to a switch to share a single interface and look to
> the rest of LAN as a single node. All those computers must
> receive all packets desitned to that interface. Using
> non-multicast MAC confuses many switches.
>
> Any suggestions? (Except not using a switch ;))

Enable the ports to be mirror ports and then they will get
all the traffic targetted at the switch.
But you do have to have a real switch to support that feature ;)

Greets,
Jeroen

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