08-16-14 12:42 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Upgrade Question

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 ml>  On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, Ed Vance wrote to Adam Glazener:

 EV> While I was installing it my Firewall asked me to O.K. a request
 EV> from the program to 226.178.217.5 , I used ipdb.at to find out what
 EV> it was but didn't see any results but O.K.'d it anyway.
 EV> During the Install I clicked the Yes button on my Firewall about 50
 EV> times until the installation was over.

 ml> that address is in the 224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255 range...
 ml> that range is the multicast range... multicasting is used to
 ml> efficiently send the same data to multiple destinations...
 ml> common uses are for transmitting financial data (eg: stock
 ml> tickers) and streaming videos...

Thanks Mark.

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