27 Feb
2011
27 Feb
'11
9:30 p.m.
On 2/27/11 12:50 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
On 02/27/11 9:16 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
Is there any difference in efficiency in how well the NIC hardware filters the assigned addresses?
NIC's work in MAC addresses, not IP.
Sort-of. Most NICs know enough about IPv4 multicast to at least help filter unwanted addresses without bothering the CPU.
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