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Multicast addressing
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Multicast addresses use the range 224-239. Also known as a class D address (1110 in binary).
Multicast is somewhere between unicast (your typical everyday IP point-to-point communication) and broadcast (one packet sent to everyone in the broadcast domain). Multicast is like sending a directed broadcast. You will typically see this used for streaming video/audio.
Multicast is somewhere between unicast (your typical everyday IP point-to-point communication) and broadcast (one packet sent to everyone in the broadcast domain). Multicast is like sending a directed broadcast. You will typically see this used for streaming video/audio.
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