Network bridge with multicast forwarding table
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Mar 4, 1997
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Apr 25, 1995
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Apr 25, 1995
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A system and method are disclosed for routing multicast packets in a subnetwork so as to conserve bandwidth in at least some of the network segments or collision domains of the subnetwork. In particular, multicast packets are only retransmitted in the network segments that are on a path to a host that is a member of the multicast group of hosts to which the multicast packet is destined.
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