As long as there isn't any return-traffic (as it is the case for multicast- udp), udp doesn't go into the established state. Regards, Christoph On Wed 24 February 2010 wrote ratheesh k: > multicast packets are udp packets . But its flowing only from > upstream to downstream . So packet state will be always "NEW" . ?? > > my question is : whether we can see multicast data packets in > ESTABLISHED state ?? > > Thanks, > Ratheesh > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Christoph Paasch Alcatel-Lucent IP Development www.rollerbulls.be -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html