Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

wg-multicast - Re: Is Multicast a Real Service?

Subject: All things related to multicast

List archive

Re: Is Multicast a Real Service?


Chronological Thread 
  • From: Steven Senger <>
  • To:
  • Subject: Re: Is Multicast a Real Service?
  • Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:24:06 -0500

I assume this last remark was directed at me since I do listen to this list and I'm involved in the problem Russ is describing on our behalf ;-) As soon as I get out of class here I'll reply with more details of the problems we have seen.

- steve

On Oct 25, 2005, at 9:39 AM, Russ Hobby wrote:

I wasn't directly involved with the problem or the solution but I will get the details and report back. (or if any of you on the list were involved you can report directly ;-)

Russ

At 06:01 AM 10/25/2005, Russ Hobby wrote:

Hi All,

I have been asked a question from a researcher who's project has been trying to use multicast for some time with many problems, and she asked me "Are we trying to do the impossible?"

Their particular use of multicast relies on multiple multicast connections and for them to be set up in a timely fashion. It is the setup time for a connection with which they have been having trouble. Connections can take up to several minutes to be established. They have worked the problem out with a couple of campuses and a gigapop to get it to work (which had to wait for new router codes to be installed in several places). However every time they go to a new site, they are likely to have the problem again and they have to work it through those network engineers.

So the researcher is asking if they should give up on multicast and redesign their application. What do you think?

Russ







Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.16.

Top of Page