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Re: Question about Multicast



On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Yung Yi wrote:

> Hi.
>                                            link(x)
> node1------------node2---------node3-------node4
>            ------->
> 
> In the topology above, 
> 
> node1 and node2 : 0x8100 multicast group
> node 3 and node4 : 0x8200 multicast group

You really should be using Node allocaddr; directly allocating numbers
isn't portable between address spaces, and should be discouraged.

> 
> If node1 sends data, the data flows over link(x).
> I want to quit flowing the data over link(x) because node3 and node4 don't have interest in the data.
> 
> How could I solve this problem?

You could begin by telling us what link and multicast tree types you
are using. Providing a URL where we can see your script may also be a
good idea.

L.

describing the problem is half the problem.

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