[ECOS] How to verify ethernet Multicast function?

Andrew Lunn andrew@lunn.ch
Wed Jan 24 10:08:00 GMT 2007


On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 05:55:17AM +0000, wang cui wrote:
> I am using dp83902a ethernet device driver. Since it does not support 
> Multicast function by now, so I added it.
> 
> Now I wander how to verify it? Is there a utility can send multicast frame, 
> then I can verify it and contribute it to CVS.

You could try running IPv6. It requires multicast for address
resolution. If you can ping another IPv6 host multicast should be
working.

        Andrew

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