Problem Registering Multicast Addresses with NDIS Miniports
Article ID: 175147
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
APPLIES TO
This article was previously published under Q175147
SYMPTOMS
When you try to use Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS) miniport
network adapter drivers on a Windows 95-based computer, programs using
multicast networking may be unable to register multiple multicast
addresses for the network adapter.
RESOLUTION
STATUS
This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of Windows, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windows.
MORE INFORMATION
A multicast address is associated with a group of network nodes or
stations. Packets sent to a multicast address are expected to be received
by all stations on the network segment or ring that have the specified
multicast address registered.
Keywords: kbnetwork KB175147