[38801] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Multicast Traffic on Backbones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas R. Charron)
Fri Jun 15 01:10:55 2001
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From: "Thomas R. Charron" <tomc@koreawisenut.com>
To: rs@seastrom.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:14:35 +0900
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"Thomas R. Charron" <tomc@koreawisenut.com> writes:
> A South Korean company has developed an app that sets up multicast on a
> network automatically. No router config required. It does it with a
small
> active-x that installs on a user's machine and gives a server on the ntwk
> all the info it needs to route the multicast stream. Pretty cool stuff.
> I'd call it a killer-ap for multicasting.
It sounds as if I'd probably call it "unicast".
---Rob
No, it's multicasting. The active-x interacts with the server to determine
which clients are viable for grouping into a virtual multicasting ntwk
(independently of routers). These little active-x's interact with the
server to register themselves in a multicast group, and they can repeat the
signal for others in their group or even to other groups. It's P2P and IP
Multicasting put together.
Tom
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>"Thomas R. Charron" =
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> A South Korean company has developed an app that =
sets up multicast on a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> network automatically. No router config =
required. It does it with a small</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> active-x that installs on a user's machine and =
gives a server on the ntwk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> all the info it needs to route the multicast =
stream. Pretty cool stuff.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> I'd call it a killer-ap for =
multicasting.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>It sounds as if I'd probably call it =
"unicast".</FONT>
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<P><FONT =
SIZE=3D2> &nb=
sp; &nb=
sp; &nb=
sp; ---Rob</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>No, it's multicasting. The active-x interacts =
with the server to determine which clients are viable for grouping into =
a virtual multicasting ntwk (independently of routers). These =
little active-x's interact with the server to register themselves in a =
multicast group, and they can repeat the signal for others in their =
group or even to other groups. It's P2P and IP Multicasting put =
together.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Tom</FONT>
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