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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: Multicasting [Was Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux]
Message-ID: <hastyCnpvy1.5vy@netcom.com>
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References: <JKH.94Apr2115312@whisker.hubbard.ie> <hastyCnnJ1D.9Ey@netcom.com> <JKH.94Apr3001202@whisker.hubbard.ie>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 04:18:01 GMT
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In article <JKH.94Apr3001202@whisker.hubbard.ie> jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
>In article <hastyCnnJ1D.9Ey@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
>   I ask Garrett and he forgot Jim Lowe's posting to the hacker's mailing
>   list he did point me to freefall where I couldn't find any code for 
>   multicasting. At any rate thanks guys, I do have multicasting 
>   working on my system :)
>
>Ok, just so long as everyone realizes that this is not part of the
>official FreeBSD, or even -current, source tree at the moment.  It's
>entirely something Amancio has done custom to his own system.  It would
>be wrong to say that `FreeBSD has multicast support' in any general
>context.
>
>Thanks.


One more time multicasting is in freebsd-current;however, the implementation
is incomplete. 

However, folks if anyone is interested in a  functionable multicasting
implementation you have two recourses: 

1)	get netbsd-current
2)	read freebsd's hacker mailing archive  available at freebsd.cdrom.com

Why is multicasting so important?

	if you are connected to the internet with a reasonable bandwith
	we can listen to internet chat -- for instance the ietf meetings
	held at Seattle, Washington.

	We can establish local network stations, voice conferencing and
	when the hardware support for video compression gets here
	we will be able to hold video conferences or just simply lay
	back and watch a show. The graphics boards to support video
	or a 32 vga feature connector are just about hitting the market
	and codec's will soon follow. All this takes time so it is
	kind of nice to have multicast to start sorting out  the problems
	with the multicast apps in our *bsd systems.


So while we wait for the "official" release of multicasting for  FreeBSD
whatever that entails we can play today at least I am :)

	Amancio


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