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sponsored by Global Knowledge
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10 Dec 2008
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10 Dec 2008
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PDF
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5
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White Paper
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English
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ABSTRACT:
When multiple receivers are required to get the same data at approximately the same time, multicast is a more efficient way of delivering data than unicast.
A unicast packet has a single source IP address and a single destination IP address. Data will be delivered to a single host. A multicast packet has a single source IP, but it has a multicast destination IP address that will be delivered to a group of receivers. The advantage is that multiple hosts can receive the same multicast stream (instead of individual streams), thereby saving bandwidth.
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Author
Carol Kavalla
Instructor
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Global Knowledge
Carol Kavalla’s background includes teaching at Rockland Community College in New York, managing networks and being a consultant for the NYS small business development center. For the last eight and a half years Carol has taught for Global Knowledge and is certified to teach nine Cisco Courses: ICND1, ICND2, CCDA, BSCI, BCMSN, TCN, ICMI, BGP, and ARCH. She also has a consulting firm in Charleston, South Carolina where she works with small companies (100-200 nodes) installing, configuring routers and switches, and troubleshooting network problems.
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