cornutt@freedom.msfc.nasa.gov (David Cornutt) (11/21/90)
I'm looking at a possible application which involves using GOSIP- specified protocols to transfer large quantities of real-time data over a high-speed LAN, probably FDDI. The ideal way to do this is to use a protocol stack with a connectionless-mode transport, to complement 8473. (It isn't just a matter of efficiency; in this application, prompt delivery is more important than completeness, and connection-oriented transports don't have the right semantics.) My question: Does anyone have any experience using the OSI-specified connectionless transport (8802?) for this purpose? For that matter, has anyone used this at all? Is it possible to set up a protocol stack such that the user can specify multicast or broadcast routing (to destinations on the same LAN), and have the stack map this to the LAN's multicast/broadcast capabilities at the data link layer? Am I even making any sense? Please mail to me if possible, and I'll summarize to the net. -- David Cornutt, New Technology Inc., Huntsville, AL (205) 461-6457 (cornutt@freedom.msfc.nasa.gov; some insane route applies) "The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of my employer, not necessarily mine, and probably not necessary."