[Xorp-users] Cannot start vif

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

> I am new in xorp. I would like to try th multicast forwarding, but a problem 
> occured.
>  - I use live cd version 1.4
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This has to be 1.4-RC (Release Candidate), because the final 1.4
version is not released yet.

>  - The network layout:  Host1 --- Xorp router --- Host2
>  - I succeeded in setting up unicast forwarding between the two host, but 
> when I tried to set multicast plumbing, or adding new protocol (IGMP, PIM), 
> after commit I  got the following error: 102 Command failed Cannot start vif 
> rl0: underlying vif is not UP
> I tried it on all interfaces an on different machines.
> Please help me, how can I resolve this problem. Thanks. 

Can you send your configuration file.
Also, did you configure/enable rl0 in the "mfea4" section as well.
Finally, is "rl0" connected to the network.

Regards,
Pavlin