All things related to multicast

[Alan Crosswell <>]

Thanks, Debbie.

debbie fligor wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
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>>
>> - 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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