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Can PowerConnect Switches Be Used in IP Multicast Networks?

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Overview This Application Note explains how to use Dell PowerConnect switches in networks running IP multicast services. This paper provides sample configurations for implementing and tuning multicast bridging. IP multicast services are commonly used to deliver streaming media applications, such as those carrying voice and/or video traffic. Multicast support can help reduce network traffic for many bandwidth-intensive Consider the example given in the diagram below. In this scenario, the lack of IP multicast support can lead to excessive network traffic and degraded application performance.

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Publisher	Dell	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2004
Format	White Papers
Topics	Switching, Multicasting, TCP - IP

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