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UDPCast allows to send data simultaneously to many destinations on a local net. This can for instance be used to install entire classrooms of PCs at once. The advantage over using other methods (nfs, ftp, whatever) is that udpcast uses Ethernet's multicast abilities: it won't take longer to install 15 machines than it would to install 2. The tool comes with a busybox bootdisk for easy loading of the tool. However, udpcast can also be started from the command line of an already installed system, and can be used for other purposes than just system installation.

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2001-09-30 19:15 Back to release list
20010930

A multicast mode was implemented. This uses ethernet multicast to send only to
those machines running a receiver, rather than broadcasting to all machines.
An optional asynchronous mode was added for situations where no return channel
from the receiver back to the sender is available or where the latency is too
high. With this, the sender does not rely on acknowledgments sent by receiver.
Forward error correction was also added. This transmits redundant information,
enabling receivers to locally reconstruct data which has been lost in transit.
Tags: Major feature enhancements

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