From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cassarossa.samfundet.no (cassarossa.samfundet.no [IPv6:2001:67c:29f4::29]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F2E421F20A for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2015 08:43:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pannekake.samfundet.no ([2001:67c:29f4::50] ident=unknown) by cassarossa.samfundet.no with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUzq7-0001MW-Ak for bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net; Mon, 09 Mar 2015 16:43:31 +0100 Received: from sesse by pannekake.samfundet.no with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUzq6-0001sq-VQ for bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net; Mon, 09 Mar 2015 16:43:30 +0100 Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 16:43:30 +0100 From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" To: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net Message-ID: <20150309154330.GA4134@sesse.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux 3.18.4 on a x86_64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: [Bloat] [Bulk] Re: Motivating commercial entities? tell the sales manager (fwd) X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:44:04 -0000 On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 08:40:52AM -0700, David Lang wrote: > why does IPv6 rely on multicast? > > multicast is never going to work that well on a busy wireless > network, especially one that's encrypted with a different key to > each station. It relies on multicast the same way IPv4 relies on broadcast (ARP, DHCP). If you like broadcast better than multicast, you're free to simply treat it as such. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/