[PD] tcp-server broadcast question

rolfm at dds.nl rolfm at dds.nl
Tue Nov 10 17:19:44 CET 2020


follow-up: 

just now i realized that there's no direct way to know which client
number (or IP-address) is given to a certain target. 

which means that a shorter message meant for a specific client still has
to be sent to all. 

so it will be only 'cheaper' when there's just one or a few clients
needing an update at the same moment. 

rolfm at dds.nl schreef op 10-11-2020 13:23:

> tcp-server broadcast question
> 
> hi,
> 
> am i right that when tcp-server does 'broadcast' a message,
> actually it will generate as many messages as there are connected clients?
> 
> i'm asking this because i have to send a few bytes to a number of tcp-clients frequently,where for each client the data are different.
> my idea was to broadcast an overall package, and the clients sift out there specific bytes.
> 
> but if tcp-server does indeed multiply the broadcast message, it's probably more efficient /overall 'cheaper' to send a separate message for each client containing only their specific bytes.
> 
> rolf
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