On Apr 11, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Don Wright wrote:
I know this has been talked about and debated on this list
before, but what are people doing today when faced with a request
like the need “for 100 students simultaneously downloading a
powerpoint presentation".
Recently there was discussion on MCA vs. SCA vendors and how
each handles this worst case scenario. Since we are an MCA
(Aruba), I’d be interested in hearing what others have done or are
planning for large classrooms and auditoriums.
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Don Wright
Network Technologies Group
Brown University
This sounds like a perfect scenario for Scalable Reliable Multicast.
Of course it would require that you have multicast enabled on your
wireless network...
http://www.digitalfountain.com/ufiles/library/file-broadcast-data-sheet.pdf
http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.110169.43
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb878066.aspx
http://www.land.ufrj.br/tools/rmcast/rmcast.html
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_1-2/reliable_multicast.html
http://www.icir.org/floyd/srm.html
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Bruce Curtis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Certified NetAnalyst II 701-231-8527
North Dakota State University
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