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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Multicast support in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <hastyCMuMIx.9Dn@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <hastyCMtMzs.Goz@netcom.com> <2madn5$chs@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 07:08:56 GMT Lines: 32 In article <2madn5$chs@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> felawka@sitka.triumf.ca (Larry Felawka) writes: >In article <hastyCMtMzs.Goz@netcom.com>, hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: >|> >|> I know that NetBSD-current supports multi-cast so I am wondering >|> about FreeBSD if it supports multi-cast. >|> >|> It appears that radio is a straight-forward application to port to >|> freebsd in fact it works on my home systems and I am looking forward >|> to broadcasting. > >I'll bet that your network manager isn't looking forward to it! It is >my impression that most games that do multi-casting get banned pretty >quickly. > >Larry Felawka This is not necessarily for games and yes where I work we do use radio which uses about %1 percent of the netbandwith for one broadcast channel. It is up to the users and their network management policy to decide on the issue of network use not upon the developer. Besides, I rule over my own network:) Amancio -- FREE unix, gcc, tcp/ip, X, open-look, interviews, tcl/tk, MIME, midi, sound at freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD Amancio Hasty, Consultant | Home: (415) 495-3046 | e-mail hasty@netcom.com | ftp-site depository of all my work: ahasty@cisco.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/X