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| author | levine <levine@ae88bc3d-4319-0410-8dbf-d08b4c9d3795> | 1998-07-16 21:26:20 +0000 |
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| committer | levine <levine@ae88bc3d-4319-0410-8dbf-d08b4c9d3795> | 1998-07-16 21:26:20 +0000 |
| commit | 52506f613a98430ea41c592c4ac54d2e301cda46 (patch) | |
| tree | 45d975b41ca9e3bb6bdd7a9abaec515beca4d324 /ACE-INSTALL.html | |
| parent | 1ba4ef59993722283e7dcf083407821aedd89039 (diff) | |
| download | ATCD-52506f613a98430ea41c592c4ac54d2e301cda46.tar.gz | |
added note on adding a routing table entry to enable multicast on Linux
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diff --git a/ACE-INSTALL.html b/ACE-INSTALL.html index 8ffeb905fb6..d8126596de6 100644 --- a/ACE-INSTALL.html +++ b/ACE-INSTALL.html @@ -197,11 +197,17 @@ for ACE. Ideally, ACE will compile on any POSIX conforming OS. can enable it by rebuilding your kernel with CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST enabled. The ACE config file, <code>ace/config-linux-common.h</code>, expects IP multicast to be enabled; if not, please comment out - the <code>#define ACE_HAS_IP_MULTICAST</code> before building ACE. + the <code>#define ACE_HAS_IP_MULTICAST</code> before building ACE.<p> + At runtime, there must be a network interface that is up and supports multicast in order to use it. See the description of the <code>multicast</code> option in the Linux <code>ifconfig</code> - man page for a bit more information.<p> + man page for a bit more information. + <a href="http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~nanbor/">Nanbor</a> notes that adding + an mcast routing table entry, <em>e.g.</em>, in your + <code>rc.local</code> or <code>rc.inet1</code> startup script, + allows multicast to work on an Ethernet interface: + <code>route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0</code><p> With RedHat 5.0, you'll need some <a href="os-patches/linux-patches.html">updates and possibly some |