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| author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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| date | Sat Feb 12 16:39:44 2022 +0100 (2022-02-12) |
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1 UDPcast is a file transfer tool that can send data simultaneously to many
2 destinations on a LAN.
3 This can for instance be used to install entire classrooms of PC's at once.
4 The advantage of UDPcast over using other methods (nfs, ftp, whatever) is
5 that UDPcast uses UDP's multicast abilities: it won't take longer to
6 install 15 machines than it would to install just 2.