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Mention the 'static-group' setting, and warn about TTL, in README
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Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <[email protected]>
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troglobit committed Jan 7, 2021
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mrouted does not require a `.conf` file. When it starts up it probes
all available interfaces and, after an initial 10s delay, starts peering
with any DVMRP capable neighbors.
all available interfaces and starts peering with any DVMRP capable
neighbor. Multicast is forwarded to end-devices that *join* a group
using IGMPv1, IGMPv2, or IGMPv3. For LANs where there may be hosts that
do not speak IGMP, or where certain groups should always be forwarded, a
`static-group` setting is available in `mrouted.conf`.

Use [mgen(1)][], [mcjoin(1)][], or [iperf](https://iperf.fr/) to send
IGMP join packets and multicast data on the LAN to test your multicast
routing setup. Use the `mroutectl` tool to query a running `mrouted`
for status.

> **NOTE:** Beware of the TTL value in the IP header of your multicast
> data. It defaults to 1 on most operating systems, which
> means nothing will be routed by default!
For the native mrouted tunnel to work in Linux based systems, you need
to have the "ipip" kernel module loaded or as built-in:

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