Thanks Danny, you are very helpful.

Danny Mayer wrote:
> April wrote:
> > Trying to understand multicasting from the client/host perspective ..
> >
> > What client software is needed?
>
> Apart from the O/S and NTP? None.
>
> > What configurations are required?
>
> There's a NTP system broadcasting on the specified multicast address and
> that you've told the client to listen on that multicast address.
>
> > Is there web based client, and any configuraton required?
> Huh?
> > How a client start using a typical multicast service?
>
> They specify the multicast address in their configuration file.
>
> > How does a client/host works behind the scene to get multicast service,
> > in conjunction with what have been set up on the router and switch?
> >
>
> It doesn't. It's purely automatic. NTP does the work.
>
> > Any good reference on this, I mean from client/host perspective, or
> > something that provide the"whole" picture, including protocol, router,
> > switch, and client/host?
> >
>
> Have you looked at the support pages at:
> http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Support/
>
> Danny
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