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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"Thomas R. Charron" <tomc@koreawisenut.com> writes:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> A South Korean company has developed an app that sets up multicast on a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> network automatically. No router config required. It does it with a small</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> active-x that installs on a user's machine and gives a server on the ntwk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> all the info it needs to route the multicast stream. Pretty cool stuff.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I'd call it a killer-ap for multicasting.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>It sounds as if I'd probably call it "unicast".</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> ---Rob</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>No, it's multicasting. The active-x interacts with the server to determine which clients are viable for grouping into a virtual multicasting ntwk (independently of routers). These little active-x's interact with the server to register themselves in a multicast group, and they can repeat the signal for others in their group or even to other groups. It's P2P and IP Multicasting put together.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Tom</FONT>
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