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["Garry Peirce" <>]

Whoops – looks like that event is actually next Friday.

 

From: Garry Peirce [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:28 AM
To: 'Multicast Working Group'
Subject: RE: Ipv6 is broken without multicast

 

I’m still patiently awaiting v6 mcast through our gigapop.

 

Perhaps tomorrows event (royal wedding) might support the cause in expanding interdomain/commercial mcast support.

A live event with a likely sizeable audience.

 

I’d like to see a world mcast day as well – v6 being preferred, but to include v4 if v6 is not a viable option.

 

 

From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of Tim Chown
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 9:31 AM
To: Multicast Working Group
Subject: Re: Ipv6 is broken without multicast

 

 

On 21 Apr 2011, at 14:25, Alan Buxey wrote:

 

Hi,

http://www.slideshare.net/opencu1/adm6-ip6tables-pfconf-ipf-mit-python-in-deutsch

 

and the lecturer said " without multicast ipv6 is broken" ,

for the local LAN that is true - IPv6 uses multicast methods rather than
broadcasts for some of the local functions.....  for the wider WAN its not true -
I can get to IPv6 services on google etc just through standard unicast methods.

one day YouTube etc wont just use unicast to send streams...well, I can dream! ;-)

 

So where is ISOC World Multicast Day eh? ;)

 

Actually Embedded-RP multicast is pretty nice outside the LAN, and enabled widely in NREN networks.

 

Tim