Re: Simple multicast question

[David Arnold <davida%pobox.com@localhost>]

On 23/11/2009, at 11:40 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:

> Frank Kardel <kardel%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
> 
>> 2) bind that to 224.0.1.1
> 
> This seems bizarre to me.  bind sets the source address, which is a
> separate issue.

It is usually recommended to bind a socket intended to receive a single 
multicast group to that group's address in order to have the kernel discard 
unicast datagrams received addressed to the same port number.




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