Re: Multicast on loopback?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 19:54:04 +0000 (GMT)


> I read that multicast loopback is by default enabled, and I have witnessed
> this, when having my application bind to my ethernet interface, but the
> datagrams do not seem to be looped back when I bind to the 'lo' interface.

I wouldnt expect them to be. The lo interface does not support multicasting.
I dont think this is a bug

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