[e2e] What should e2e protocols know about lower layers?

[Joe Touch]

RJ Atkinson wrote:

> At 13:08 10/10/01, Joe Touch wrote:
> % However, replacing the well-known term broadcast with the magical 
> % 'anycast' doesn't replace the need.
> 
> Actually, IPv6 did not do what you outline above.  
> 
> Instead, IPv6 realises that broadcast is a special case of 
> multicast -- and there is no difference in congestion control 
> rules for that kind of multicast versus some other kind.


Fair enough. Multicast. Now, how do you do multicast without broadcast 
on a shared media, e.g., without using a broadcast media address?

Joe