multicast not happy ?

[John Merryweather Cooper]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <46730545.8050005 at yahoo.com>, John Merryweather Cooper writes:
> 
>>> Any ideas ?
>> # /sbin/route add -static -net 224.0.0.0 -netmask 240.0.0.0 -iface sis[1|2]
>>
>> I had to do this so my OpenSlp would work.
> 
> I just got to about the same conclusion, only I used:
> 
> 	route add -net 224.0.0.0/4 127.0.0.1
> 
> I'd say this is a bug...
> 
I got the idea from a web page with the instructions for setting up 
OpenSlp on Linux.  I note that mDNS seems to need this too.  To me, it 
makes sense because you need an interface to actually receive/send 
multicast on--and that's what 224.0.0.0/4 is for.

jmc