Hi, Yes you are right SLP use multicast for group management.
Multicast is not quite common, most of time it's used for media broadcasting (audio/video). Julien On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:23:32 -0400 "Alex Karasulu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doh! You're right. > > SLP which was another protocol I had in mind while writing this email > will still need it so the > demand is there. Sorry about the mix up. > > Alex > > On 10/18/07, Trustin Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 10/18/07, Alex Karasulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > FYI multicast would help us do DHCP with MINA correctly over at > > Directory. > > > Plus a slew of other protocols > > > can also benefit. I'd love to see something along these lines > > > happening > > in > > > the trunk for a 2.0 release. > > > > DHCP uses broadcast rather than multicast AFAIK, so it should be > > implemented with the current version of MINA. I confirmed MINA > > works OK with broadcasting. > > > > HTH, > > Trustin > > -- > > what we call human nature is actually human habit > > -- > > http://gleamynode.net/ > > -- > > PGP Key ID: 0x0255ECA6 > >
