how to multicast stream

[dignified]

My LAN is currently on 192.168.0.x subnet. I want to stream to everyong on the LAN. I always thought that 192.168.0.255 was a multicast IP. How would I stream a file to everyone? Just send it to the multicast IP?

-cheers, ryan

[zorglub]

Hello,

192.168.0.255 is the broadcast address. When you send data to it, it is sent to all computers on your lan.

Multicast addresses are the ones that begin with 224 --> 239 (from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255).

To stream to a multicast address, just send the stream to this address.

If your network hardware does not support igmp, multicast won't work as expected: either it will act as broadcast, either it won't work at all (in that case, stream to 192.168.0.255)

[dignified]

I tried using the broadcast but it is too slow on my LAN. The stream is too jumpy. When I sent to 224.0.0.0 nothing happened. For a multicast, more than one computer is getting sent the stream right? I am currently using Windows XP ICS as a router, and linux (slackware 9.1) to send the stream. How would I setup a multicast?

[The DJ]

when you use multicast, the clients need to open the same IP.

unicast: send to an ip.
broadcast: send to all ip's in your network
multicast: sent to a multicast ip. your clients will need to tune into the same ip.