Use Add to create entries.
Fields in the Load Balancing Groups Interface Selection for Distribution menu
Field
Description
Interface
Select the interfaces that are to belong to the group from the
available interfaces.
Distribution Ratio
Enter the percentage of the data traffic to be assigned to an in-
terface.
The meaning differs according to the Distribution Policy used:
• Based on the number of sessions to be distributed for
Ses-
sion-Round-Robin
.
• For
Bandwidth Load Dependent
the data rate is the de-
cisive factor.
9.5 Multicast
What is multicasting?
Many new communication technologies are based on communication from one sender to
several recipients. Therefore, modern telecommunication systems such as voice over IP or
video and audio streaming (e.g. IPTV or Webradio) focus on reducing data traffic, e.g. by
offering TriplePlay (voice, video, data). Multicast is a cost-effective solution for effective use
of bandwidth because the sender of the data packet, which can be received by several re-
cipients, only needs to send the packet once. The packet is sent to a virtual address
defined as a multicast group. Interested recipients log in to these groups.
Other areas of use
One classic area in which multicast is used is for conferences (audio/video) with several re-
cipients. The most well-known are probably the MBone Multimedia Audio Tool (VAT),
Video Conferencing Tool (VIC) and Whiteboard (WB). VAT can be used to hold audio con-
ferences. All participants are displayed in a window and the speaker(s) are indicated by a
black box. Other areas of use are of particular interest to companies. Here, multicasting
makes it possible to synchronise the databases of several servers, which is valuable for
multinationals or even companies with just a few locations.
Address range for multicast
9 Routing
Funkwerk Enterprise Communications GmbH
244
bintec R1xxx/R3xxx/R4xxx
