Messages in this thread | | | From | "Jeroen Massar" <> | Subject | RE: how to set multicast MAC ligitemately? | Date | Sat, 27 Sep 2003 15:23:54 +0200 |
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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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