> Why are you binding an interface to a multicast address? That is not
> allowed in IP so it shouldn't be done. If you want to receive
> multicast you just need to open a socket on that address and listen.
> (make sure you have multicast support compiled into the kernel).
>
> I don't think the Linux IP stack should allow binding an interface to
> a class D (multicast) address.
Why should it stop you. You have to be root to do this and one assumes therefore
you know what you are doing.
Anyone who expects normality to prevail in this setup has another thing coming
however.
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