Re: why multicasting is working?

[Oleg Butorin <lists@mega-casino.ru>]

Mike Mestnik wrote:

> I'm not an expert on MC, but I'd think 224.0.0.1 would be routed to your
> default route.  Then the pkt would get multicasted and you would receve
> multiple responces.
>  
Yes, but I received responces from the systems where multicasting 
disabled in the kernel.

> IIRC kernel level MC support is only for if you want to be on Mbone, not
> if you want to use it as a client/server.
But the option called "IP: multicasting" and help:

This is code for addressing several networked computers at once,
enlarging your kernel by about 2 KB...

And Mbone is the standard network, that supports multicasting (routers, 
computers...).
As I understand, there is no special support for Mbone, this is support 
for Multicasting.

Best regards,
Oleg.