Multicast over Tinc

[Mike Bentzen]

Hi Rob,

I do not believe tinc is limited this way. Give it a go! ;)
Router mode will not multicast. You'll want switch mode only.

You might also be interested in this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_General_Multicast

Mike


On 07/10/2010, at 2:41 PM, Rob Townley wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Mike Bentzen <mike at goodlook.com.au> wrote:
>> Switch mode acts in this way already. You can already use multicast but all of your ting nodes must be n switch mode.
>> 
>> Regarding reliability: it will only be as reliable as your provider. Also factoring in that multicast uses udp packets which do not guarantee sucessful delivery.
>> 
> 
> Thanks Mike, but i thought i read tinc could do a small amount of
> mutlicast, like mdns, but not large amounts.  Does that sound right?
> Would only be a small amount in router mode?
> 
> i was surprised to find out there is such a thing as secure reliable
> multicast --  see http://www.ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/msec-charter
> 
> 
>> "Rob Townley" <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Would it be extremely difficult to do multicast over tinc?
>>> 
>>> How about reliable multicast over tinc?
>>> 
>>> This would be more traffic than multicast dns, but not _necessarily_
>>> a great deal more.
>>> It would be for syncing some information among freeipa domain
>>> controllers.
>>> 
>>> Would the tinc nodes need to be in all in switch or maybe even hub
>>> mode?
>>> 
>>> EthernetOverIP over tinc?
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