m7j4p7
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Hi,
Every computer in our school is in a room (obviously!) and each room has its own subnet. So ICT1 has the subnet 192.168.1.xxx and ICT2 has the subnet 192.168.2.xxx ie...
192.168.1.1
192.168.1.2
192.168.1.3
are all in the same room (ICT1)
So, getting back to the point...
Ive heard something about Multicast Groups. What are they. If I have this right, a computer can join a multicast group (an ip address in a specified range) and then anything sent to that ip address using the sockets class will be sent to each of the computers joined to the multicast group?
Anyway, can I use this so that all the computers in one room join a multicast group so that any computer in the network can send a message to it?
Sorry for the long-windedness! Let me know if I havent made any sense!
Every computer in our school is in a room (obviously!) and each room has its own subnet. So ICT1 has the subnet 192.168.1.xxx and ICT2 has the subnet 192.168.2.xxx ie...
192.168.1.1
192.168.1.2
192.168.1.3
are all in the same room (ICT1)
So, getting back to the point...
Ive heard something about Multicast Groups. What are they. If I have this right, a computer can join a multicast group (an ip address in a specified range) and then anything sent to that ip address using the sockets class will be sent to each of the computers joined to the multicast group?
Anyway, can I use this so that all the computers in one room join a multicast group so that any computer in the network can send a message to it?
Sorry for the long-windedness! Let me know if I havent made any sense!