Re: [44net] 44Net Digest, Vol 2, Issue 159

Hello Rob et al, Quote: "...by default mcast routes will be associated with an interface the kernel picks (usually the first to come up)." There is something what you're looking for, I believe. Small, nifty & powerfull program to install: *smcroute* The *smcroute* <http://www.cschill.de/smcroute/> utility provides a command line interface to manipulate the multicast routing tables via a method other than *mrouted*. Before: root@lts:~# cat /proc/net/igmp Idx Device : Count Querier Group Users Timer Reporter 1 lo : 1 V3 010000E0 1 0:00000000 0 2 eth0 : 2 V2 010000E0 1 0:00000000 1 4 tunl0 : 1 V3 010000E0 1 0:00000000 0 root@lts:~# To *join* multicast group: root@lts:~# smcroute -j eth0 224.0.0.9 After: root@lts:~# cat /proc/net/igmp Idx Device : Count Querier Group Users Timer Reporter 1 lo : 1 V3 010000E0 1 0:00000000 0 2 eth0 : 3 V2 090000E0 1 1:0000002D 1 010000E0 1 0:00000000 1 4 tunl0 : 1 V3 010000E0 1 0:00000000 0 root@lts:~# To *leave* multicast group: root@lts:~# smcroute -l eth0 224.0.0.9 Give some feedback after you check this feature, please. Best regards. Tom - sp2lob