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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:4979 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:950 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:278 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!willis.cis.uab.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet From: Baba Buehler <baba@beckman.uiuc.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Multicast support? Date: 7 May 1995 12:13:23 GMT Organization: Beckman Institute Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3oidh3$5d6@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <1995May7.020337.24543@nosc.mil> <MICHAELV.95May6233725@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <3ohs6u$1uoo@nntp4.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tigger.beckman.uiuc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; Linux 1.2.8 i586) X-URL: news:3ohs6u$1uoo@nntp4.mindspring.com >> >> I am looking for an x86 Unix implementation that supports IP multicast. > >>Last I knew, both NetBSD and FreeBSD had solid multicast support, and >>Linux hadn't even really started on it. > >Linux has support for it, although I've never tried it. I imagine the *BSD >implementation would be better for you if multicast support were your primary >concern. Linux 1.2.x has fine multicast support. I use nv quite frequently. The only problem is lack of ported apps, no one's ported the graphical sd or vat... I believe there is a program out there that will play vat-style audio, but I haven't used it. -- # Baba Z Buehler # Beckman Institute Systems Services, Urbana Illinois # WWW: http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/groups/biss/people/baba/ # PGP Public Key available via WWW & public key servers