[Icecast] Unicast or Multicast?

buddylove
2016-05-04T16:55:18Z

I was already aware if this in the first place :-)

On 04.05.2016 18:04, Jordan Erickson wrote:
> Hi buddylove,
>
> In addition to the links Philipp provided you, here is some more reading
> which will hopefully help you better understand the difference between
> multicast and unicast communications:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicast
>
>
> Cheers,
> Jordan
>
>
> On 05/04/2016 06:39 AM, buddylove wrote:
>> @Phil
>> nice text...
>> just want to mention (or better ask...)
>> what the difference between a protocol which implements multiple
>> connections simultaneously and a protocol implementing multiple
>> connections by connection tracking?
>>
>> In the end... its the same...
>>
>> On 04.05.2016 10:25, Philipp Schafft wrote:
>>> Good morning,
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2016-05-04 at 00:15 +0200, Fran Delgado wrote:
>>>> Hi, there!
>>>> I have a doubt about if this server supports unicast, multicast
or
>>>> both. I was looking for information in the web but I
couldn't found
>>>> anything. Anyone can help me?
>>>
>>> Icecast2 is a streaming solution that works using HTTP[0]. (HTTPS
is
>>> also supported using both methods[1].) HTTP uses TCP[2][3] as
transport.
>>> As TCP is a protocol that connects exactly two peers it's
implemented
>>> using unicast.
>>> Multicast in contrast is used when there are a group of nodes
interested
>>> in the same data. This is normally implemented using UDP in case of
IP.
>>> However multicast support is very limited on the 'open
internet'. It
>>> imposes requirements on the nodes in between to route the traffic
>>> according to group membership. This is a very high requirement on
>>> 'common ground' (such as the internet).
>>>
>>> Have a nice day. Hope I helped you. And have a nice semester!
>>>
>>>
>>> [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP
>>> [1] RFC2817, RFC2818
>>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol
>>> [3] RFC 793