Oops. Sorry, you said 2.0.36. Well, in the source I've got for 2.0.34 the flag isn't set. I guess I'd just edit ppp_init in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/ppp.c and add the code to set the flag when the device is created.
"Stephen A. Witt" wrote: > I'm trying to figure out how to do multicast IP over PPP. More > specifically, how to get the MULTICAST interface flag set for a PPP > network interface. I searched through the mailing list archives and found > no direct answer to my question, but I did find numerous examples that had > been sent in of 'ifconfig' output that showed the MULTICAST flag being set > for a PPP interface. My expectation was that if multicast support was > compiled in to the kernel, then the network interfaces would have the > multicast flag set. My Ethernet interface has its multicast flag set for > instance. I've looked at the multicast and ppp howto's, read some code in > the kernel, read the net-3 howto, etc., looked through all the /etc/init.d > files for this and haven't been able to find anything. > > I'm using kernel 2.0.36, with the following kernel options set: > > Network firewalls: yes > Network aliasing: yes > TCP/IP networking: yes > IP forwarding/gatewaying: yes > IP multicasting: yes > IP firewalling: yes > IP masquerading: yes > IP tunneling: yes > IP multicast routing: yes > > among others. > > Can anyone give me a lead to investigate this? > > Thanks... > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
