On 24 June 2010 13:08, Claudio Jeker <cje...@diehard.n-r-g.com> wrote: > 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. >
Cool, will do it :P
