> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cochran [mailto:richardcoch...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2018 6:54 AM
> To: Anders Selhammer <anders.selham...@est.tech>
> Cc: linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH 1/1] Added support for non-forwardable 
> option
> 
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 07:41:46AM +0000, Anders Selhammer wrote:
> > Some network operators consider that the PTP messages must never be
> > forwarded through PTP-unaware network equipment. The use of the
> > non-forwardable multicast address 01-80-C2-00-00-0E guarantees this
> > property most of the time (exceptions exist for some older Ethernet
> > equipment).
> 
> We already have an option for this:
> 
> ptp_dst_mac           01:1B:19:00:00:00
> p2p_dst_mac           01:80:C2:00:00:0E
> 
> Just set ptp_dst_mac to 01:80:C2:00:00:0E and you are done.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard

A patch to the man page which documents that this is the method of enabling 
non-forwarding could be useful.

Thanks,
Jake

> 
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