On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 10:28:00AM +0200, Nicolas Saurbier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   >What is it, exactly, that you want to do that requires promisc mode?
> 
> Iīm using NetBSD as a VPN-Gateway and I want to tunnel multicast Videoconferences.
> The problem is, that the Videoconf. doesnīt work. When I do an tcpdump on the internal 
> internface (so itīs in promiscuous mode), the conference works...
> 
> Any idea on that? Maybe itīs another problem and I donīt need the promiscuous mode...

Well, it looks like the interface isn't set up to receive multicast. It's
up to the application to set up multicast groups.
What application are you using and what is your setup exactly ? Do you have
multiple interfaces ?

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