Hi,

Can we enable IP tables to forward multicast or broadcast messages?

Our setup is as mentioned below

Machine A (end node, with Linux): 192.168.0.1
Machine B (end node, with Linux): 192.168.0.2
Machine C (IP forwarding, with Linux.
IP tables needs to be configured here.
This machine is connected to A and B on to separate Ethernet interfaces 1 and 2 respectively)

Interface 1: 192.168.0.3
Interface 2: 192.168.0.4

i.e. machine A and B are connected to each other via machine C.

I have a UDP application which will register all three machines to a multicast group (226.1.1.1), and UDP application on Machine A sends out a multicast message and UDP application on Machine B and C will be in a blocked recv() function. Since Machine A is connected to interface 1 of Machine C, the application in Machine C receives the packet, but the same is not forwarded to Machine B.

I have enabled IP Forwarding on Machine C by $ echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward and there are static routes to Machine A and B from C through interfaces 1 and 2.

Here is the IPTABLES log

$ iptables -A INPUT -m pkttype --pkt-type multicast -j LOG
$ dmesg -c

IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=226.1.1.1 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2

IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=226.1.1.1 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2


Thanks 'n regards
-Shyju N

In the given scenarion you have to route it to only one machine, but I suppose the real situation is not that simple. Which is a bit insane, and I'm afraid not possible straight with iptables only. For explanation why it is not possible: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...781/#post47886

But someone here http://forum.soft32.com/linux2/NAT-b...pict39725.html thinks there is a workaround, that is ugly according to me, yet it might work.