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DESCRIPTION
    The IO::Socket::Multicast module subclasses IO::Socket::INET to enable
    you to manipulate multicast groups. With this module (and an operating
    system that supports multicasting), you will be able to receive incoming
    multicast transmissions and generate your own outgoing multicast
    packets.

    This module requires IO::Interface version 0.94 or higher.

  INTRODUCTION
    Multicasting is designed for streaming multimedia applications and for
    conferencing systems in which one transmitting machines needs to
    distribute data to a large number of clients.

    IP addresses in the range 224.0.0.0 and 239.255.255.255 are reserved for
    multicasting. These addresses do not correspond to individual machines,
    but to multicast groups. Messages sent to these addresses will be
    delivered to a potentially large number of machines that have registered
    their interest in receiving transmissions on these groups. They work
    like TV channels. A program tunes in to a multicast group to receive
    transmissions to it, and tunes out when it no longer wishes to receive

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The IO::Socket::Multicast module subclasses IO::Socket::INET to enable
you to manipulate multicast groups.  With this module (and an
operating system that supports multicasting), you will be able to
receive incoming multicast transmissions and generate your own
outgoing multicast packets.

This module requires IO::Interface version 0.94 or higher.

=head2 INTRODUCTION

Multicasting is designed for streaming multimedia applications and for
conferencing systems in which one transmitting machines needs to
distribute data to a large number of clients.

IP addresses in the range 224.0.0.0 and 239.255.255.255 are reserved
for multicasting.  These addresses do not correspond to individual
machines, but to multicast groups.  Messages sent to these addresses
will be delivered to a potentially large number of machines that have
registered their interest in receiving transmissions on these groups.
They work like TV channels.  A program tunes in to a multicast group
to receive transmissions to it, and tunes out when it no longer