[linux-dvb] Re: multicast network/IPover DVB again

[Ralph Metzler <rjkm@metzlerbros.de>]

Johannes Stezenbach writes:
 > Since the Filiago-Proxy is proprietary (binary-only), I don't know what
 > it does. I guess it joins one or more multicast-groups. It's possible
 > that the code which sets the DVB filters according to the multicast
 > addresses has bugs.
 > 
 > > As far as I have understood the MAC adress is not relevant for this setup, or 
 > > is this false ? Where can I find the MAC on my siemens DVB-s rev 1.3, haven't 
 > > found anything written on the card. 
 > 
 > According to the Filiago FAQ the MAC is irrelevant because Filiago
 > uses multicast only.
 > 
 > The current DVB drivers from CVS try to get the MAC from the eeprom
 > on the card and use it as default. I don't know if the code which
 > reads the epprom is correct. 

Only for TT based cards and only if their MAC starts with 00:d0:5c.
But all (also those resold by Hauppauge, Satelco, etc.) seem to use it?
One can also check the MAC signature TT uses to be sure.
For KNC cards the code is wrong. 



Ralph



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