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From: andrew@andrew.triumf.ca (Andrew Daviel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Multicast network support
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Date: 11 May 1995 18:31:30 GMT
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Mark Ganzer (ganzer@ludwig.nosc.mil) wrote:
: I am looking for an x86 Unix implmentation that supports IP Multicasting
: for MBONE type applications (nv, vat, sd). I know that Solaris 2.x 
: supports this, but I was wondering if Linux, FreeBSD, or NetBSD supported it. 

Linux kernels after about 1.1.80 do, but you have to have enabled it.
There are several apps. out; see
http://andrew.triumf.ca/pub/linux/multicast-FAQ
(which I will re-post sometime soon on comp.os.linux.networking...)


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