mrouted (pronounced "M route D") is
a routing daemon that forwards IP multicast datagrams, within an
autonomous network, through routers that support IP multicast addressing.
The routing protocol implemented by mrouted is the Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
(DVMRP). The ultimate destination of multicast datagrams are host
systems that are members of one or more multicast groups.
Multicasting enables one-to-many and many-to-many communication among
hosts and is used extensively in networking applications such as audio
and video teleconferencing where multiple hosts need to communicate
simultaneously.
This chapter contains information about how to configure and
use version 3.8 of mrouted. It includes the following sections:
You cannot use SAM to configure mrouted.
Note that mrouted is supported only over certain network interfaces, such
as EISA Ethernet (lan2) and EISA FDDI (from a provider other than
Hewlett-Packard), and that the types of interfaces will vary depending
on the system platform.
mrouted is installed as part of the Internet Services
software. For more information about installing mrouted, see “Installing the Internet
Services Software”.
For additional information on mrouted, type man 1m mrouted at the HP-UX prompt.
