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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Whats up with multicast support?
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 03:08:17 GMT
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In article <BOB.93Mar26152415@benton.prepress.com> bob@prepress.com (Robert Crowe) writes:
>
>Hi,
>I have seen this question asked before on the 386bsd groups, but 
>haven't seen it answered. So I'll ask it again:
>
>What (if any) work is being done on adding multicast support into the 
>386bsd kernal?
>
>If there has been progress made, could some kind sole point me to an
>ftp site ( or mail me )?
>
>If anyone needs a tester for their work, I'd be glad to help. 
>I have thought about attacking the problem on my own, but that seems 
>like it would be counter-productive, since I know someone must be 
>already working on this.
>
>I would apreciate any advice anyone has regarding this,
>
>Thanks in advance,

In order:

1)	Someone has it working.
2)	Unknown if an FTP site has been set up yet.

References:

]From: brad@FCR.COM (Operator)
]Message-ID: <BRAD.93Feb16145425@stemwinder.FCR.COM>
]
]In a somewhat unrelated topic, I also have IP multicast up an running
]on 386bsd.  If someone is kind enought to lend me some space on an ftp
]server, I can ftp this *to* their server.  I don't (yet) have an ftp
]server since I'm tethered by an dial-up PPP connection.
]
]-brad
]--
]Politically correct term for `corrupt': Ethically different, morally challenged
]
]Brad Parker	FCR Software, Inc., Boston, Ma.	brad@fcr.com


					Terry Lambert
					terry@icarus.weber.edu
					terry_lambert@novell.com
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