Re: how to set multicast MAC ligitemately?

[Alexey V. Yurchenko]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:03:45 -0700
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Not interface should have a multicast MAC address. A multicast address
> should only exist as a destination address, never a source.

Well, that's in theory. In practice I need several computers connected to a switch to share a single interface and look to the rest of LAN as a single node. All those computers must receive all packets desitned to that interface. Using non-multicast MAC confuses many switches.

Any suggestions? (Except not using a switch ;))

Regards,
Alex

PS isn't this approach (forbidding certain addresses) a tad Microsoftish? Like saving users from themselves? If
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