Multicasting
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Multicasting
This is probably going to be a stupid question, but when your making a multicasting application, how do you decide what address to use?
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Re: Multicasting
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Re: Multicasting
what exactly do you mean by multicasting? it's not a term I'm familiar with, and I'm fairly certain most here aren't.
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Re: Multicasting
I think he means broadcasting to an entire network..Don't know much about networking though, so I can't help... sorry
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Re: Multicasting
I don't know about other languages, but in c# you use a multicast group IP address.
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Re: Multicasting
So far what I know about it, is that a couple computers join a group, and when one sends a packet, they all get the packet. Its less reliable than TCP. I think (?) its called UDP. I just don't know what to set the address to? Do I just make one up or find it somewhere?
Re: Multicasting
I suggest you hit the webs and the books hardajtgarber wrote:So far what I know about it, is that a couple computers join a group, and when one sends a packet, they all get the packet. Its less reliable than TCP. I think (?) its called UDP. I just don't know what to set the address to? Do I just make one up or find it somewhere?
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Re: Multicasting
Yeah... probably going to have to hit the glowing tome again...
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Re: Multicasting
Multicast means send to group of hosts on network, and broadcast means send to all hosts on network.adikid89 wrote:I think he means broadcasting to an entire network..Don't know much about networking though, so I can't help... sorry