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   Message 12,853 of 14,669   
   pk to Le Chaud Lapin   
   Re: multicast address   
   13 May 09 00:50:35   
   
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   From: pk@pk.invalid   
      
   On Tuesday 12 May 2009 19:03, Le Chaud Lapin wrote:   
      
   > On May 12, 4:46 am, pk  wrote:   
   >> On Tuesday 12 May 2009 11:15, Mark wrote:   
   >> Yes. Again, you can have hundreds of receivers, each with its own OUI.   
   >> The ethernet mapped multicast address will reach all of them and the   
   >> sender will have to send only one frame. (I'm ignoring the implications   
   >> of having non-local receivers for simplicity, but you get the idea)   
   >   
   > Just curious...does this ever happen in practice now, where there are   
   > hundreds of receivers on same Etherspace?   
      
   Why shouldn't it? For a quick check, try something like   
      
   ping 224.0.0.1   
      
   in a very populated ethernet segment.   
      
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