IP: multicast routing
modulename: ipmr.ko
configname: CONFIG_IP_MROUTE
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Networking
└─>Networking options
└─>IP: multicast routing
In linux kernel since version 2.6.12
This is used if you want your machine to act as a router for IP
packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the
MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top of the Internet which carries
audio and video broadcasts. In order to do that, you would most
likely run the program mrouted. Information about the multicast
capabilities of the various network cards is contained in
Documentation/networking/multicast.txt. If you haven't heard
about it, you don't need it.
packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the
MBONE, a high bandwidth network on top of the Internet which carries
audio and video broadcasts. In order to do that, you would most
likely run the program mrouted. Information about the multicast
capabilities of the various network cards is contained in
Documentation/networking/multicast.txt. If you haven't heard
about it, you don't need it.