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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 |