[ntp:questions] Re: Multicasting on client/host side

April yinzhang57 at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 26 17:02:53 UTC 2006


Thanks Roger!


wa6zvp wrote:
> April wrote:
> > Trying to understand multicasting from the client/host perspective ..
> >
> > What client software is needed?
> > What configurations are required?
> > Is there web based client, and any configuraton required?
> > How a client start using a typical multicast service?
> > How does a client/host works behind the scene to get multicast service,
> > in conjunction with what have been set up on the router and switch?
> >
> > Any good reference on this, I mean from client/host perspective, or
> > something that provide the"whole" picture, including protocol, router,
> > switch, and client/host?
>
> * April,
>  Just because the Network Time Protocol has multicast capabilities, it
> certainly does not mean this is an appropriate place to ask general
> questions about the multicast protocols and how it all works.  I
> suggest a good search engine as a start.  There are likely thousands of
> references.  Cisco.com might be good starting point.
>
> That said, I will add that the magic in multicast is really the routers
> and switches that make up a specific network between services and
> clients.  Clients "request" that
> the network send them the service.  Now you're on your own, run with
> it.
>
>   Roger, Harvey Mudd College
>
> Note: Multicast via global or even domestic WANs of commodity internet
> is pretty much non-existant.




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