multicasts are not forwarded on wifi interface

[Adrian Chadd]

I forget the details; I'd have to go dig through the commit history.

Which wifi NIC is it?


-a


On 13 August 2015 at 10:11, Hooshang F <ebastan10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> HI,
>>
>> Would you please try freebsd-head? I think this was fixed a while ago,
>> but I don't think it was ever backported to freebsd-8.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>
> Unfortunately, it is not possible for us to change the OS right now.
> I would appreciate if you provide some explanation about the
> problem and links to revisions where the problem has been fixed to
> see if we can back-port the fix to 8.3.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> -a
>>
>>
>> On 12 August 2015 at 10:20, Hooshang F <ebastan10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > We have a freebsd 8.3 wifi-AP running as a VirtulaBox guest
>> > with 2 ethernet (em0 & em1) and one USB wifi interface (wlan0).
>> > Everything
>> > works except that multicast packets arriving on wlan0 interface are not
>> > forwarded on Ethernet interfaces. Also, multicast packets arriving on
>> > Ethernet interfaces are not forwarded on wlan0 interface (however,
>> > multicasts are forwarded between Ethernet interfaces). As a result,
>> > portable devices are not able to discover
>> > DLNA media servers using UPnP.
>> >
>> > The kernel is compiled with MROUTING option and mrouted
>> > is running with default configuration.
>> >
>> > Any points/hints is appreciated.
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