Re: Does RealPlayer use IGMP?

From: Barry Margolin (barry.margolin_at_level3.com)
Date: 04/28/03

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    In article <Nv0ra.54494$YE2.866368@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
     <ds@nospam.com> wrote:
    >Does RealPlayer use IGMP by default looking for multicasts? Seems
    >strange to me, but I see the firewall block this from a Windows client
    >on a VPN interface. Any ideas? Thx, DS

    I think it tries to use IP Multicast if it's available, so it sends IGMP
    packets to find out. 

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