All things related to multicast

[debbie fligor <>]

On Apr 16, 2008, at 11:59, Alan Crosswell wrote:
> Questionnaire for vendors:
> - please improve on these questions
> - please volunteer to take to your vendor (or potential vendors) and
> report back to the group

I'm up for asking Meru -- I seem to recall seeing Multicast on a  
roadmap somewhere.

We're also doing a wireless technology review this June, so I can hit  
a number of vendors up then.


> - How is multicast sent to AP from the controller?
> - Is multicast flooded to all APs in the SSID or just to AP with  
> interest?
> - Is IGMP snooping implemented?  What version(s)?
> - What about IPv6?  IPv6 requires multicast.
> - Is MLD snooping implemented?
> - Can multicast base rate be set higher than the broadcast rate?  What
> are the limitations?
> - How does multicast work w/WPA2 security?  Broadcast group key?
> Multiple unicast?
> - How does this work with 802.11n multipath?
> - Is multiple unicast better due to retransmissions at 802.11 layer?

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