Multicast-HOWTO

Table of contents :
Table of Contents……Page 2
5.Multicast applications…….Page 4
1.Introduction…….Page 5
1.2 The problem with Unicast…….Page 6
2.1 Multicast addresses…….Page 7
2.3 Sending Multicast Datagrams…….Page 8
Loopback…….Page 9
Leaving a Multicast Group…….Page 10
3.Kernel requirements and configuration…….Page 11
4.The MBone…….Page 12
5.Multicast applications…….Page 13
6.Multicast programming…….Page 14
6.1 IP_MULTICAST_LOOP…….Page 15
6.3 IP_MULTICAST_IF…….Page 16
6.4 IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP…….Page 17
7.1 IGMP…….Page 18
IGMP version 1…….Page 19
IGMP version 2…….Page 20
7.2 Kernel corner…….Page 21
8.Routing Policies and Forwarding Techniques…….Page 25
9.Multicast Transport Protocols…….Page 26
10.3 Web pages…….Page 27
11.Copyright and Disclaimer…….Page 28
12.Acknowledgements…….Page 29