RE: Re: xAP - The Proposed Architecture Explained...

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@xxxxxxx>]

> > 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.

So it's sorta semi subscription based - broadcast to a number of
multicast
switches and then to 'subscribed' devices from there on in?
Does this mean megabucks per switch then?


Tony


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