All things related to multicast

["Jill Gemmill" <>]

So far ViDe seems to be focusing on server-centric videoconferencing. What I'm
doing is not (yet) a part of the ViDe effort.

Since I'm working on this for our campus, anyway, I would be willing to
participate in a bakeoff.

We're also interested in getting some REAL information about NIC's and which
support multicast in hardware (and, which do address filtering in hardware).
Vendors do not seem to be very forthcoming with this type of info.



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  > Subject: RE: Las Cruces Summary
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  > > The only protocol I can think of this is Cisco proprietary is CGMP which
  > > is an IGMP-snooping protocol.
  > >
  > > Other vendors are behind Cisco in deploying some of the necessary
  > > multicast protocols but are catching up quickly.  I've solicited
  > > information about deployment dates from many of the vendors and I
  > > will make that document available when it is complete.
  >
  >   IGMP-snooping may be a key for those of us with tree topologies
  > that have layer 3 switches and routers at the core and
  > multi-vendor, switched layer 2 underneath.  If you do get vendor
  > deployment information, that would be helpful.
  >
  >   If would also be *very* helpful to have reason to believe that
  > these new standards based features actually interoperate across
  > vendors.  Any chance of I2 holding a bakeoff?  VIDe interested?
  >
  > - Jeremy
  >