[mythtv-users] Way out idea on watchingsame thinginmultiplerooms
Eric Sharkey
eric at lisaneric.org
Thu Jan 7 19:10:12 UTC 2010
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Gareth Glaccum
<gareth.glaccum at btopenworld.com> wrote:
> Yes, the switch is not up to the job, in that multicast is not properly
> handled, or it is not configured correctly.
I think you're overstating it.
There are hubs, switches, and routers. Generally, hubs always
transmit on all ports, switches direct packets based on ethernet
hardware addresses (and multicast packets generally have a broadcast
ethernet hardware address), and routers direct packets based on higher
level logic.
If you buy a switch and it acts like a switch (and doesn't do what a
router does), then it's not the case the "multicast is not properly
handled or it is not configured correctly". It's a switch and it's
doing what a switch does. If you want/need a router you should get a
router.
Eric
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