Re: Multicast question (newbie)
Ahhh.. so I can just ignore the message then?
My Kernel hasn't been compiled yet, the laptop was a present with Debian
installed. The person who gave it to me said that I will need to compile it
but as I'm a complete Linux Noob I will have to learn some more first before
I undertake such a scary task :)
T
"Grzesiek Sedek" <grzesiek@mi2.hr> wrote in message
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> 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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