[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#6707) Announce server on LAN

["Paul Zastoupil" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 09:22:49AM -0800, Raimar Falke wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 09:07:22AM -0800, Paul Zastoupil wrote:
> > The advantage is that its the right thing to do.  Why bother using
> > multicast if its just going to broadcast the message?  Why bother with
> > multicast when your effectively sending a packet to 255.255.255.255? 
> 
> Same question for you: how do I join a multicast group with minimal
> effort (code and dependency wise)? I have no idea about this. It may
> possible but what I read till now didn't convinced me yet.

Then why bother using multicast?

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Paul Zastoupil