Multicast does not work with Dell 2950 with Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T

[Scott Long]

I'll add this to my TODO list.  Is setting promisc mode a good
enough work-around for now?

Scott


Michael Peer wrote:
> That was my thoughts.
> 
> Is there a better place for me to report this?
> 
> Michael Peer
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Baldwin [mailto:jhb at freebsd.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:50 AM
> To: freebsd-current at freebsd.org
> Cc: Michael Peer; davidch at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Multicast does not work with Dell 2950 with Broadcom
> NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T
> 
> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 18:45, Michael Peer wrote:
> 
>>GB 0 interface is listed as bce1, and GB 1 is listed as bce1.  Do not
>>see that with older dells that use em0, and em1 on-board NIC, 
>>
>>Funny thing is if I run tcpdump -i bce0 net 224.0.0.0/8 then the
> 
> router
> 
>>works!
> 
> 
> That would indicate a bug in the multicast filter setup in the bce(4)
> driver.
>