Re: Firewall/NAT question

> I am trying to do something, but I have no idea how to do it. My[color=blue]
> program (written in C) needs to send one file to multiple servers. The
> easy/inefficient way to do this is to open up multiple sockets and then
> send the file to the first server, and then send the file to the
> second.[/color]
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> I was wondering if there if there was a faster way of doing this[/color]

Some UNIX systems support a socket interface to IP multicast. If your
application doesn't require complete reliability of transmission then
a group address for multicasts might be a good mechanism to use.

DaveN.

Just wanted to thank you for the suggestion. Decided to use internal
multicasting to achieve this. Im just going to add my own code for
reliablity.

--Thanks

David Nixon wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
> > I am trying to do something, but I have no idea how to do it. My
> > program (written in C) needs to send one file to multiple servers.[/color][/color]
The[color=blue][color=green]
> > easy/inefficient way to do this is to open up multiple sockets and[/color][/color]
then[color=blue][color=green]
> > send the file to the first server, and then send the file to the
> > second.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > I was wondering if there if there was a faster way of doing this[/color]
>
> Some UNIX systems support a socket interface to IP multicast. If[/color]
your[color=blue]
> application doesn't require complete reliability of transmission then[/color]
[color=blue]
> a group address for multicasts might be a good mechanism to use.
>
> DaveN.[/color]