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. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
