On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:57:27AM -0300, Christiano F. Haesbaert wrote: > Hi, > > To my understanding bridge(4) does not support igmp snooping, is there > another way to achieve similar effects ?
No, bridge(4) is like a dumb switch that broadcasts multicast packets to all ports. Doing IGMP and MLD snooping and smart multicast handling is a bit more complex and nobody needed it (until now). > I want active snooping, that is, don't broadcast mcast packets to all > ports, only to those with active listeners. > > If not, I'm considering implementing it, that would be on bridge(4) correct ? Yes please. The multicast handling of bridge(4) is a bit insane (since the local ports need to be fed as well). Just make sure that the old mode is still available and maybe clean up the mess with link0 and link1. -- :wq Claudio
