It is possible if you have a switch which will shut of the stream to the
ports not requesting the stream. Most of the high end switches can do
this.
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Warren Melnick wrote:
> In a word: No. The whole idea of multicast is to have every packet hit
> every machine so that a single stream of data can be received
> (watched/listened to) by everyone.
>
>
> Warren
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Tyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 1:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Multicast Question
>
> Hi,
>
> We recently installed a satellite data receiver which transmits
> data over a Multicast address (224.10.10.10). I have assigned
> the receiver an IP address on our Class C address, and it is
> attached to our network switch.
>
> While this configuration allows any of our Linux machines to
> receive and process the data, I have found that the receiver's
> packets are being received by all of our systems on the network,
> according to tcpdump. This may also be responsible to some strange
> instances of "bind:address already in use" when I attempt to restart
> some network services, such as HylaFAX.
>
> Can anyone give me advice as to how to restrict the Multicast packets
> being sent on 224.10.10.10 so that they don't hit all the machines--only
> the two or so that I want? I don't really understand much about
> Multicast so I'd welcome any assistance.
>
> The receiver is preconfigured by the vendor to use Multicast so
> reconfiguring
> it locally is not an option.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Kevin
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
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> MESO, Inc.
> Troy, NY
>
>
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