Does multicast have other uses outside of local network device communication? I’ve seen several apps trigger alerts that they want to access devices on the network if I grant permission and I’ve been saying no since I don’t understand why those apps would even be trying to connect to another device since they’re things like food delivery and other service related stuff.
> Does multicast have other uses outside of local network device communication?
Not with any sort of seriousness I think.
Some major internet peering exchanges used to have multicast LANs for whatever reason. I think LINX were one of the last ones to operate one, but eventually in 2020 they removed it after they reached a point where only two ports were connected to it with no significant traffic flowing !
