Subject: Re: muticast address support
To: None <HARAWAT.IN.oracle.com.ofcmail@in.oracle.com>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 09/28/1997 16:40:58
At 04:34 PM 9/28/97 +0330, HARAWAT.IN.ORACLE.COM wrote:
> Does NetBSD has support for muticast addresses, ie. is there a
>interface ( socket) available thru which the client can add itself to a
>muticast address.
Yes. (the driver(s) support multicast addresses).
No. (there is no way to enable/disable multicasts from a user program; though
it would be a natural extension to the bpf interface).
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