On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:27:00AM -0700, Stephens, Allan wrote:
> When I used "ethX=mcast", each interface I configured on a UML guest
> forwarded all packets sent to the associated multicast group to my
> network protocol software, even though the interfaces were not
> configured as "promiscuous".
Are you talking about the multicast group on the host that's used as
the network interconnect? If so, this is a property of the
interconnect, akin to plugging yourself into a hub and observing that
you see everyone's traffic, not just your own.
Jeff
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