[Live-devel] Multicasting

[Ow Mun Heng]

On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 12:17 +0800, #TAY KOON HWEE# wrote:
> Hi guys,
>  
> I have done my streamer and currently testing it. I have some
> technical questions on multicasting.
>  
> I am using a wireless router (access point) connected to my pc. My
> streamer will run in the PC and send to the multicasting address. Then
> my pda or laptop which is also connected to the router wirelessly will
> receive the data from the multicast address.
>  
> My questions are:
>  
> 1) My wireless router is also conenct to the Internet, can I access
> the multicast data from a remote location if i am connected to the
> Internet as well. Or is the multicasting restricted to within my
> access point network.
>  
> 2) If I wish to multicast to remote network, isit possible?
>  

You will need to get a multicast address and I think it's called the
M-BONE?