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Multicast enters the room

• esseph 1y ago
  Finally
• Evidlo 1y ago
  Does multicast actually work from a home network to another set of homes over the internet? I thought this traffic would just get dropped by one of the hops along the way if you tried it. https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/47994/is-multicast-on-the-public-internet-possible-and-if-yes-how https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/47994...
  • matt-p 1y ago
    It won't even make it through your home "gateway", in practice it's usable at layer 2 only.
  • ablob 1y ago
    I think it never took off and is not supported by many if not most routers. However, it is an efficient solution for sending live-stream data over the web. I think eventually the pressure to not send packets for each consumer but at most once per port will take over and force providers to implement this or a better solution.
• matt-p 1y ago
  You can't multicast over the internet.
  • naikrovek 1y ago
    this is an outrage. i suggest we riot.