multicast arp
Hi Folks
This is my first posting to the list so smack me if i muck up :).
I am trying to assign an multicast mac address. My environment is:
(cat /proc/version)
Debian Linux version 2.4.27-3-386 (pbuilder@dl360-g3) (gcc version
3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)) #1 Thu Sep 14 08:44:58 UTC 2006
This is runnning on an ESXi vmware virtual machine.
The use of multicast mac addresses is new for me and so I may very
well be just doing it wrong. I have searched a lot but not found a
resolution.
I have two machines setup the same with just the ip address and
hostname being different. I want to assign a multicast mac address to
each machine but get an error message.
I have tried a number of ways including (with each result)
ifconfig eth0 add 01:00:5e:01:01:84
01:00:5e:01:01:84: Resolver Error 0 (no error)
ifdown eth0 ; ifconfig eth0 hw ether 01:00:53:01:01:84 ; ifup eth0
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument
Failed to bring up eth0.
I can assign other addresses no problem - its just when I try to
assign a multicast range address that the problem occurs.
Can anyone help please ?
regards
Grant
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