[Users] Multicast ?

[Kir Kolyshkin]

patrick daures wrote:
> Hi !
> I'm trying to use OpenVZ to test a distributed application. This 
> application needs Multicast support.
> When I try to use Iperf in order to try Multicast between virtual 
> machines, I can't see any packet using Wireshark on the interface venet0.
> I'm using the kernel 2.18.
> Actually, I would like to know if Multicast is possible with OpenVZ 
> and how I can use it.
>
For multicast to work, you have to use veth not venet (venet is default 
and is MAC-less thus no multicasting is possible). Search 
http://wiki.openvz.org/ and maybe also http://forum.openvz.org/ for more 
info about veth. Report your results here (maybe also to the wiki).