On Dec 2, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Antonio Querubin wrote: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Jay Ashworth wrote: > >> Yes, Tony, but they can't *count the connected users that way*, you see. > > There are various ways to do that. Eg. Windows Media Server can log > multicast Windows Media Clients. > >> For my part, as someone who used to run a small edge network, what I wonder >> is this: is there a multicast repeater daemon of some sort, where I can put >> it on my edge, and have it catch any source requested by an inside user and >> re-multicast it to my LAN, so that my uplink isn't loaded by multiple >> connections? > > You might want to take a look at AMT: > > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mboned-auto-multicast-10
Correct. That is exactly the problem AMT is intended to solve. Regards Marshall > > Antonio Querubin > 808-545-5282 x3003 > e-mail/xmpp: t...@lava.net > >