Multicast, a technique commonly used in networking systems, allows a given processing unit to send a single data stream to multiple destinations at the same time efficiently. Typically, the switch ...

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When Netflix streamed the Paul/Tyson fight to a record-breaking 65 million simultaneous viewers, it wasn’t all smooth sailing. Many viewers were left frustrated by buffering, freezes, and audio-sync ...

IP Multicast is a bandwidth-efficient method for broadcasting data, in particular streaming audio and video, across a network. In this primer we’ll discuss how IP Multicasts works, its pros and cons, ...

In OSPF, with Broadcast Multiaccess Topologies (i.e. Ethernet), the Multicast IP addresses are mapped to MAC-level multicast addresses. I was unaware that there were multicast MAC addresses available ...

So far in this series, I have discussed how to meet client protocol requirements utilizing Brazil technology. You have learned how to use Java applets, JavaScript ...