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Re: [Fwd: Receiving MLDv1 reports in a daemon]

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Receiving MLDv1 reports in a daemon]
From: David Stevens <dlstevens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:06:54 -0700
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> Is there any other way to get the MLDv1 reports to my daemon. Any solution
> to this problem would be very helpful to me.


To receive all MLDv1 reports, you need the interface to be in
multicast promiscuous mode. You can do this by setting the
interface flag "IFF_ALLMULTI".

For MLDv2, reports are sent to the all-multicast-routers group
address, so you only need to join that group in MLDv2.

+-DLS

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