SOME QUESTIONS ON IP MULTICAST

You should answer the questions below on an individual basis. Answering the questions should provide you with an assessment on your understanding of the information contained within the seminar on IP multicast and the provided reading material.

  1. List three shortfalls of Unicast transmission
  2. With reference to IPv6 what is the difference between a multicast address and a anycast address?
  3. How is an IP multicast address mapped onto a multicast MAC address?
  4. How can IP multicast reduce the bandwidth consumption?
  5. List one routing protocol that uses IP multicast
  6. Define the term session with regards to IP multicast
  7. List three applications that benefit from using multicast
  8. Briefly explain the use of tunnelling to connect two IP multicast network
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