Re: TCP/IP one->many

Hendrik Visage (hendrik@sdn.co.za)
Fri, 09 Oct 1998 10:26:46 +0200


Matti Aarnio wrote:

> > 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.

Mentat have a XTP/IP product (Better than TCP + Multicast etc...)
www.mentat.com

>
>
> > --
> > 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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