Penguin
Diff: SourceSpecificMulticast
EditPageHistoryDiffInfoLikePages

Differences between current version and previous revision of SourceSpecificMulticast.

Other diffs: Previous Major Revision, Previous Author, or view the Annotated Edit History

Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Thursday, February 24, 2005 12:53:18 pm by JohnMcPherson
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Thursday, February 24, 2005 6:20:24 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-This is a relatively new form of multicast where only one person the group can transmit. Since the source address of the transmission is known in advance, a lot of the overhead with multicast (RPs etc (AddToMe: what's an RP?) ) is no longer necessary. To run a network with SourceSpecificMulticast, all you need to enable is PIM-SM (AddToMe: what's this?). 
+This is a relatively new form of multicast where only one person the group can transmit. Since the source address of the transmission is known in advance, a lot of the overhead with multicast (Reverse Paths etc) is no longer necessary. To run a network with SourceSpecificMulticast, all you need to enable is PIM-SM (AddToMe: what's this?). 
  
 See also: SourceSpecificMulticastExample 
  
 ---- 
 Part of CategoryNetworking