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64 lines
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Behaviour of Cards Under Multicast
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This is how they currently behave, not what the hardware can do--for example,
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the Lance driver doesn't use its filter, even though the code for loading
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it is in the DEC Lance-based driver.
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The following are requirements for multicasting
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AppleTalk Multicast hardware filtering not important but
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avoid cards only doing promisc
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IP-Multicast Multicast hardware filters really help
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IP-MRoute AllMulti hardware filters are of no help
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Board Multicast AllMulti Promisc Filter
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3c501 YES YES YES Software
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3c503 YES YES YES Hardware
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3c505 YES NO YES Hardware
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3c507 NO NO NO N/A
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3c509 YES YES YES Software
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3c59x YES YES YES Software
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ac3200 YES YES YES Hardware
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apricot YES PROMISC YES Hardware
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arcnet NO NO NO N/A
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at1700 PROMISC PROMISC YES Software
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atp PROMISC PROMISC YES Software
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cs89x0 YES YES YES Software
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de4x5 YES YES YES Hardware
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de600 NO NO NO N/A
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de620 PROMISC PROMISC YES Software
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depca YES PROMISC YES Hardware
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dmfe YES YES YES Software(*)
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e2100 YES YES YES Hardware
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eepro YES PROMISC YES Hardware
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eexpress NO NO NO N/A
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ewrk3 YES PROMISC YES Hardware
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hp-plus YES YES YES Hardware
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hp YES YES YES Hardware
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hp100 YES YES YES Hardware
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ibmtr NO NO NO N/A
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ioc3-eth YES YES YES Hardware
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lance YES YES YES Software(#)
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ne YES YES YES Hardware
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ni52 <------------------ Buggy ------------------>
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ni65 YES YES YES Software(#)
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seeq NO NO NO N/A
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sgiseek <------------------ Buggy ------------------>
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smc-ultra YES YES YES Hardware
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sunlance YES YES YES Hardware
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tulip YES YES YES Hardware
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wavelan YES PROMISC YES Hardware
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wd YES YES YES Hardware
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xirc2ps_cs YES YES YES Hardware
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znet YES YES YES Software
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PROMISC = This multicast mode is in fact promiscuous mode. Avoid using
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cards who go PROMISC on any multicast in a multicast kernel.
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(#) = Hardware multicast support is not used yet.
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(*) = Hardware support for Davicom 9132 chipset only.
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