From c24114e4c676dbfaf544ae0fa67a2de4f6f0b3d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 22:16:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a subsection to Routing to mention Multicast routing,
largely to cross-reference mrouted(8) and mention options MROUTING.
Sponsored by: Network Associates Laboratories
---
.../handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
index 97d6f46e8a..9fed87d9a6 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
@@ -482,6 +482,27 @@ host2.example.com link#1 UC 0 0
<para>For more information, see the manual page for
&man.traceroute.8;.</para>
</sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Multicast Routing</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>multicast</primary>
+ <secondary>options MROUTING</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>FreeBSD supports both multicast applications and multicast
+ routing natively. Multicast applications do not require any
+ special configuration of FreeBSD; applications will generally
+ run out of the box. Multicast routing requires configuration
+ requires that support be compiled into the kernel:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>options MROUTING</programlisting>
+
+ <para>In addition, the multicast routing daemon, &man.mrouted.8;
+ must be configured to set up tunnels and DVMRP via
+ <filename>/etc/mrouted.conf</filename>. More details on
+ multicast configuratoin may be found in the man pages for
+ mrouted.</para>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="network-wireless">