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- From: seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert)
- Subject: Re: Is there a "ONE TO MANY" protocol ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.211133.15779@netcom.com>
- Followup-To: comp.protocols.misc
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Nov10.093253.27111@news.tu-graz.ac.at>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:11:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.093253.27111@news.tu-graz.ac.at>, tom@piassun1.joanneum.ac.at (Tom Leitner) writes:
- > Hi,
- >
- > For our application we'd need a protocol which supports "ONE TO MANY"
- > connections (on top of Ethernet). Is there something like that ? Perhaps
- > there is a nifty trick how it can be done with IP networks. What about
- > SNA in that respect.
- >
- > I'd appreciate any comments either here or by e-mail to
-
- There is also a nifty protocol for RELIABLE (guaranteed delivery)
- one-to-many over Ethernet (or anything else). IEEE 802.1E was defined
- as a download protocol. It was originally intended to simultaneously
- load software into multiple identical devices (e.g., bridges or routers)
- but can be used for any reliable one-to-many application. It
- does not require IP or any internetwork protocol (but alas, therefore
- operates only over a single logical LAN).
-
-
-
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