Re: Protocols over Frame Relay

tmallory@bbn.com Mon, 19 November 1990 19:59 UTC

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Subject: Re: Protocols over Frame Relay
In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 19 Nov 90 09:42:04 -0800. <9011191742.AA04267@buckeye.ESD.3Com.COM>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 1990 14:59:04 -0500
From: tmallory@bbn.com
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Another comment, this time on the OSPF model for handling point-to-point type
nets.  There are definite problems with scaling a designated multicast server
to suport large numbers of hosts on a single network.  The designated
server(and backup server) may end up as bottlenecks: imagine redistributing a
"multicast" message to 1000 hosts.  For 10-50 hosts it is probably just fine.

Tracy