08-16-14 12:42 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Upgrade Question   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <53EFD6BD.1030.windowsb@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    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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