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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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