Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!decwrl!sgi!rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: NE1000 PD problem found, WATCH FOR BAD CARD ADRESSES! Message-ID: <92430@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 20 Mar 91 06:35:22 GMT References: <1991Mar06.004805.5386@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at> <1991Mar06.144438.21803@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at> <1991Mar07.180439.5382@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at> Sender: guest@sgi.sgi.com Reply-To: rpw3@sgi.com (Rob Warnock) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 22 In article nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) writes: +--------------- | Multicast (one of the many possible multicast addresses is the broadcast | address). I'm going to put a check for multicast addresses into the ne1000 | and ne2000 drivers for the 9.x release. +--------------- But please don't *disable* receiving multicast packets! We live and breath sending multicast around here! Have you ever heard of "dog", the multi-user version of SGI's "flight" simulator? It uses UDP multicast. Also, XTP is largely used in multicast mode... -Rob ----- Rob Warnock, MS-1L/515 rpw3@sgi.com rpw3@pei.com Silicon Graphics, Inc. (415)335-1673 Protocol Engines, Inc. 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94039-7311