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Re: Multiple vendors' IPv6 issues


From: Bruce Simpson <bms () fastmail net>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 17:22:15 +0100

On 27/05/2015 20:35, Brian Rak wrote:

You don't need full promisc mode, just the (poorly documented) allmulticast option (ip link set dev $macvtap allmulticast on)

...And poorly supported on some real hardware (notably Wi-Fi adapters), where the hash filter on each NIC's MAC is not guaranteed to support "ALLMULTI".

It's a prerequisite for software multicast forwarding, and, it might be argued, a good litmus test for IPv6 readiness.


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