Re: xAP - The Proposed Architecture Explained...

["PatrickLidstone" <patrickl@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., "BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@f...>
wrote:
> > Not if you use multicast and a switch.
> 
> I'm not quite sure what you mean by that.  If you *broadcast* a
message,
> then it goes to every device on the network AIUI
> 

No, a multicast enabled switch will only deliver a multicast message 
to those ports/devices where an interest has been expressed (at an OS 
level) in receiving mcast messages on that port. For exactly the 
motivation you have described.

Patrick

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