Re: TCP/IP one->many

Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 18:29:21 +0300 (EEST)

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> Tom Mills <tmills@qualix.com> said:
> > I am tasked with finding the most efficient way of doing a one to many
> > send using TCP stream sockets. Has anyone done this in userland, kernal
> > land ? Can I modify the TCP stack to send to one or more targets for
> > every write ?
> IP multicast...

StarBurst: www.starburstcom.com
and related activities at IETF.

With TCP you CAN'T do it, because TCP is always one-to-one
type of communication.

> --
> Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl

/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
(who saw a presentation by that company about file distribution
to multiple recipients via IP-multicast...)

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