> i need to add a section in the documentation talking about > this since it > seems to be a common question. > > when you use... > > mcast_if eth1 > > .. in /etc/gmond.conf that tells gmond to send it data out > the eth1 network interface but that doesn't necessarily mean > that the source address of the packets will match the eth1 > interface. to make sure that data sent out eth1 has the > correct source address run the following... > > % route add -host 239.2.11.71 dev eth1 > > ... before starting gmond. that should do the trick for you. > please let me know if this fixes your problem. > It did the trick. Thanks.
As a suggestion, you may want to give a hint where to place the command in the startup file (at least for redhat). I generally use /etc/rc.d/rc.local Thanks again, Didier
