UDP Unicast vs Broadcast

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Greetings,

I've got what's prbably a noob question but I am confused. I have taken tutorials to "bone up" on UDP and am confused about the difference (if any) between Udp unicast and broadcast.

Question: is unicast and broadcast virtually the same ? Are they both setup same way ?

Again, sorry for the baseness of the inquiry but I need to get your input on this. Thanks ahead ! :)

Posted 21-Sep-13 5:49am

radnix

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DYOR[^].

Posted 21-Sep-13 6:04am

Richard MacCutchan

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Sep-13 22:16pm

Quite a fair answer, my 5.
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radnix · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-22T12:15:00

Solution 2

I'd already "googled" intensively prior to posting this question.
stackoverflow says " Unicast = one sender sends to one receiver" ; broadcast = one sender sends to maany receivers.

Posted 22-Sep-13 12:15pm

radnix