[AG-TECH] Wireless Multicast in Access Grid?

[John Shalf]

Unfortunately many wireless hubs intentionally block multicast  
because of the potential to completely swamp the connection with  
mcast traffic.  We ran into similar issues with a robot that used  
802.11 to connect itself to the AG. The solution was to depend on a  
unicast bridge to connect into the AG and ensure that the AG traffic  
was isolated enough that it would not swamp the meager bandwidth of  
the wireless interface.

-john

On Nov 20, 2005, at 11:40 AM, Nathan Gardiner wrote:
> Hi there,
> I'm hoping to integrate a tablet pc as an input device into AG  
> sessions and it would be fantastic for it to be wirelessly  
> connected. Just wanting to know if anyone has a successful  
> multicast wireless system they have implemented with the Access  
> Grid? If so what type of wireless equipment was used and how was it  
> setup? I had a quick try with one of our wireless access points  
> here but it doesn't seem to like multicast packets.
>
> Regards,
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> Human Interface Technology Lab NZ (HIT Lab NZ)
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