Re: [mdnsext] mDNSext features/requirements rollup

RJ Atkinson <rja.lists@gmail.com> Tue, 29 January 2013 11:10 UTC

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On 28  Jan 2013, at 19:23 , David Farmer wrote:
> I agree that we should not assume multicast or unicast
> is more or less efficient, that should be left up to the
> network operator.  
> 
> We need to provide a tool that work with either multicast or
> unicast allowing a network operator to control that where
> appropriate.  Multicast as an assumption for an unmanaged
> network, is fine, but allowing this to be managed or
> controlled by the network operator in the case of a managed
> network is what some of us are looking for.  

The above sounds about right to me.  

Thanks,

Ran Atkinson