User`s guide

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XSLAN shdsl switch User’s guide ref 9014709-01 Page 41
4.7.2.3 “Multicast” menu
Internet Protocol multicast is a bandwidth-conserving technology that
reduces traffic by simultaneously delivering a single stream of information
to thousands of corporate recipients.
Thus, the multicast gateway must be used when
?? a serial master device has to send requests to multiple slave devices;
that devices can be IP or serial devices.
?? Or when an IP master device (client) has to send requests to multiple
slave devices; that devices can be IP or serial devices.