On 2017-01-06 14:54, Johannes Berg wrote: > >> The bridge layer can use IGMP snooping to ensure that the multicast >> stream is only transmitted to clients that are actually a member of >> the group. Can the mac80211 feature do the same? > > No, it'll convert the packet for all clients that are behind that > netdev. But that's an argument for dropping the mac80211 feature, which > hasn't been merged upstream yet, no? Right. - Felix