Re: Multicast question (newbie)

[Grzesiek Sedek <grzesiek@mi2.hr>]

Hi,
It seems your kernel does not have multicast enabled - you will have to
recompile it, that should fix it.
As to the multicast itself, your network most likely does not support it
unless it's academic or expensive commercial one.
Grzesiek Sedek

On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 06:59:57PM +0000, Tendril wrote:
:> Hi
:> 
:> I have just installed VLC media player. During the install process I got 
:> this message:
:> 
:> ###############
:> 
:> WARNING: The kernel version that you are currently running does not support
:> multicast. You must use a IP multicast enabled kernel for OpenSLP to
:> function efficiently.
:> NOTE: You don't seem to have a multicast route configured. You may need to
:> add a multicast route by running the command:
:> 
:> route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev <interface>
:> 
:> You can add this command to your network init scripts to do this 
:> automatically
:> at startup.
:> 
:> ###############
:> 
:> I have looked at the manual page for this command but my networking 
:> experience is negligable.
:> 
:> Will these IP addresses be examples or the actual values and what do I 
:> need to enter in the <interface> ?
:> 
:> Manny Thanks
:> 
:> 
:> 
:> 
:> 
:> 
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:> Tendril
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