Notes

Types of casting

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Types of casting

types of casting


Unicast

One host to one destination One to one trasmission

unicast


Broadcast

One host to all destination One to all transmission

Limited broadcast

One source to all host in same network

limited broadcast

Direct broadcast

One source to all host in different network

limited broadcast


Multicast

One source to more than 1 destination One to many transmission

multicast


Anycast

Introduced because IPv6 doesn’t support broadcast One to one(random/Nearest)

anycast


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