Re: IFF_MULTICAST on the loopback interface

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 13:17:24 +0000 (GMT)

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> The loopback interface does not set the IFF_MULTICAST flag at initialization.
> Is there a reason why this flag is not set by default ?

Loopback doesnt have hardware level multicasting

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