Hi, I have a network topology where in "Dell PE860" runs a Linux virtual-switch br0: http://s24.postimg.org/j1un2gs9h/virtual_bridge.png Now if I send an Ethernet frame to broadcast address from "IBM ThinkCentre": 17:10:23.569021 00:a1:ff:01:02:05 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 34: 127.0.0.1 > 127.0.0.1: ip-proto-0 0 ..then I see this frame in both virtual-machines as I should. If I send an Ethernet frame to MAC address which is not known in br0 MAC address table, then the br0 also behaves correctly and floods the frame to all ports expect to one where the frame came in(eth1 in this example). However, if I send a multicast frame from "IBM ThinkCentre": 17:17:05.513283 00:a1:ff:01:02:05 > 01:33:44:55:66:77, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 34: 127.0.0.1 > 127.0.0.1: ip-proto-0 0 ..then for some reason Linux virtual-switch does not flood it to all the ports(except the one where the frame came in from). Why is that so? I would expect that switch handles multicast frames exactly like broadcast frames. thanks, Martin
