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

["Raimar Falke" <i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 09:32:36AM -0800, Paul Zastoupil wrote:
> 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?

Good question. Andreas?

One advantage would be that you can control the propagation with the
multicast group control. This isn't possible with broadcast.

        Raimar

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