[streaming] Multicast errors: discontinuity at reception

Antonio Querubin tony at lava.net
Sat Mar 8 17:51:31 CET 2008


On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Marshall Eubanks wrote:

> Are you aware that all multicasts on your wired LAN will be flooded
> to your wireless LAN, even if there are no recipients for them
> there ?

This depends on whether the wired LAN devices are connected through a 
switch that supports IGMP snooping or CGMP.  Even if it does, the feature
may need to be explicitly enabled to prevent the flooding.

Antonio Querubin
whois:  AQ7-ARIN


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