Hi, Thanks for all this comments > >I was thinking of using multicast (through a lib since I'm not a good > >network programmer), but do you think using zeroconf will be better ? > >Isn't multicast is suitted to a lan chat ? (a lot of users in the same > >room, it seems to me more simple)
> What do you mean by multicast ? Zeroconf uses multicast for > discovering other entities, and Zeroconf chat clients use multicast > to send presence. The actual chatting in these chat clients is done > directly to the other client, and uses Jabber to do the chatting. I said that just because I almost knew anything about zeroconf. Now a little better. What do you think of ivy bus ? Isn't it more high level than JDNS or zeroconf ? It even might use those two (I don't know, but it can be) (thanks for these info anyway) > >And at last but not least question : Can I use jabber to communicate > >from client to client? (simple encapsulation of data, but I wanted to > >use a standardized encapsulation) > > As mentioned above, chatting in iChat and the other clients is done > using jabber. It's just presence that is done differently, because of > the multicast. Even if it's not the best place for asking, I wanted to ask if you know an open source software dedicated to the LAN chat. Because even if iChat, Trillian & other can do it, LAN chat is a bit different from IM. For example, it doesn't require a (server) account - it's something important in jabber. Regards, Mehdi
