[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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