Multicast HowTo :: Joachim Wiberg — The Last Outpost
troglobit.github.io/howtos/multicastIntroduction This HowTo attempts to give some insight into the basics of setting up multicast routing. Both static multicast routing, with SMCRoute, and dynamic multicast routing, with mrouted and pimd. For some use-cases, in particular link-local multicast, it may not be possible to use multicast routing, then I recommend trying out: Bridging networks, see bridge(8) or Linux …
Ubuntu Manpage: multicast — Multicast Routing
manpages.ubuntu.com › man4 › multicastTo start multicast routing, the user must enable multicast forwarding in the kernel (see SYNOPSIS about the kernel configuration options), and must run a multicast routing capable user-level process. From developer's point of view, the programming guide described in the Programming Guide section should be used to control the multicast ...