[linux-dvb] Re: MPE MAC broadcast

["Evangelos Stergiou" <evangelos.stergiou@fileas.com>]

I have received no answer yet.
Ideas anyone? please...


> Well, either I don't understand, or I wasn't clear with this.
>
> I transmit IP data with a MPE MAC broadcast enveloppe over satellite.
> I cannot receive my IP data on my DVB-S card unless its MAC is 
> FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF or I put it on promisc mode. I mean "any data", not even 
> those having destination IP = my card's unicast IP.
>
> I am a satellite service provider. Suppose I have a park of a thousand 
> receiving sites (which I do have).
> My gateway encapsulates my IP data into a MPE MAC broadcast enveloppe 
> (much easier than having all my sites configured to the same MAC).
>
> Maybe ETSI EN 301 192 does not say anything about having to open a filter 
> for receiving MPE MAC broadcast, but I am pretty sure IETF IPDVB WG does. 
> In any case, I shouldn't have to be promisc to receive IP data addressed 
> to me.
>
> Please correct me if I am wrong. Maybe I am missing smth or maybe ETSI 
> specs are.
>
> Thanks
>
> Evan