Re: Re[2]: Multicasting ion about cu-seeme

Brian O'Shea (boshea@wpine.com)
Sat, 02 Dec 1995 12:04:18 -0500

>
> Hi,
> Do all flavors of UNIX have the multicast capability?
> Your answer seems to imply only certain ones. If no, which
> flavors or vendors have this capability vs. those that don't?
> I.E. SUNOS 4.1.x

Here's some pointers to more info then you are requesting, but you might find
it interesting, since the next logical step for multicasting is global
multicasting using the MBONE, so here's where you should look to find out more
about MBONE, multicasting etc.

How to Join the MBONE

http://www.best.com/~prince/techinfo/how-to-join.html
(This has a section detailing which UNIX OS's support multicast and
pointers to ftp sites to get even more info)

MBONE: The multicast backbone

http://www.mang.canterbury.ac.nz/%7Ebusa057/mbone/art1.html

> Thanks in advance. :)

You're welcome.

>
> Mike Sweger
> swegerm@baileys-emh5.army.mil

-bos

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