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| author | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2002-02-22 02:02:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2002-02-22 02:02:26 +0000 |
| commit | 35f24a4fed11bf7d1d55bd72960826733a40be89 (patch) | |
| tree | f927cdd0742294fbfe49e03acd8da6658ec0b466 | |
| parent | 169a60df9e67536568b3abed6a396f524aa4d618 (diff) | |
Attempt to document the multicast routing configuration here, rather than
having people read the comments in /etc/netstart.
Add more Xr in the way.
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/netstart.8 | 46 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/netstart.8 b/share/man/man8/netstart.8 index a5a31c47b23..0213988a418 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/netstart.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/netstart.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: netstart.8,v 1.1 2002/02/21 02:36:09 miod Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: netstart.8,v 1.2 2002/02/22 02:02:25 miod Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002, Miodrag Vallat. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -80,18 +80,60 @@ After the system is completely initialized, it is possible to start a newly-created interface or .Xr bridge 4 , or reset an existing interface to its default state, by invoking -.Bd -literal -compact +.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact sh /etc/netstart foo0 .Ed where .Ar foo0 is the interface or bridge name. +.Sh MULTICAST ROUTING +Routing to the 224.0.0.0/4 net is setup using values from +.Pa /etc/rc.conf +according to these rules: +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +If the multicast settings are as follows: +.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact +multicast_host=NO +multicast_router=NO +.Ed +then multicast routing will not be enabled. +.It +If the multicast settings are as follows: +.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact +multicast_host=NO +multicast_router=YES +.Ed +then multicast routing will be enabled, but no multicast route will be set up. +It is expected that a routing daemon, such as +.Xr mrouted 8 , +will be started as well. +.It +If the multicast settings are as follows: +.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact +multicast_host=YES +multicast_router=NO +.Ed +or: +.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact +multicast_host=foo0 # interface name +multicast_router=NO +.Ed +then multicast routing will be enabled, using the default interface, +or the interface name specified by +.Va multicast_host . +.It +Other cases are configuration errors and will cause multicast routing not to be +enabled. +.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bridge 4 , .Xr bridgename.if 5 , +.Xr dhcp 8 , .Xr gif 4 , .Xr gre 4 , .Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr mrouted 8 , .Xr rc.conf 8 , .Xr rc 8 .Sh HISTORY |