Multicast enabled but not responding to Pings
On 5 Oct 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article
If you look at the charters for the newsgroups, "comp.os.linux.misc" is for postings that don't belong in one of the other sixteen regular comp.os.linux.* newsgroups. It clearly is a networking question, and thus shouldn't be here.
1122 Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers. R. Braden, Ed.. October 1989. (Format: TXT=295992 bytes) (Updated by RFC1349, RFC4379) (Also STD0003) (Status: STANDARD)
RFC1122 section 3.2.2.6 Echo Request-Reply: RFC-792
An ICMP Echo Request destined to an IP broadcast or IP multicast address MAY be silently discarded.
Friends, For the past several years I have been a *nix system administrator and have (like everyone else ) had to setup and configure backups. During the process I've always...
DISCUSSION: This neutral provision results from a pbuttionate debate between those who feel that ICMP Echo to a broadcast address provides a valuable diagnostic capability and those who feel that misuse of this feature can too easily create packet storms.
You may also want to look at RFC1112 and RFC1301,
1112 Host extensions for IP multicasting. S.E. Deering. August 1989. (Format: TXT=39904 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0988, RFC1054) (Updated by RFC2236) (Also STD0005) (Status: STANDARD)
1301 Multicast Transport Protocol. S. Armstrong, A. Freier, K. Marzullo. February 1992. (Format: TXT=91976 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:12:27 -0400, CBFalconer staggered into the Black Sun and said: What...
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