# Multicast vs unicast
**URL:** https://discourse.gstreamer.org/t/multicast-vs-unicast/2194
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [August 17, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.gstreamer.org/t/multicast-vs-unicast/2194 "2024-08-17T10:10:47Z")
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### Author:  [@rottnest](https://discourse.gstreamer.org/u/rottnest)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.gstreamer.org/t/multicast-vs-unicast/2194/1 "2024-08-17T10:10:47Z")
Much googling led to the overall opinion that the simplicity of unicast outweighs the network benefits of multicast.
I’m finding that multicast _just works_ and for me where I don’t know what IPs have been handed to server (easy to find) or to the clients I’m finding the multicast address easy to use.
Can server send to a random ip and the client listen to the random ip if I use multiple unicast instead of multicast?
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### Author:  [@ndufresne](https://discourse.gstreamer.org/u/ndufresne)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.gstreamer.org/t/multicast-vs-unicast/2194/2 "2024-08-17T13:33:30Z")
In unicast, the sender must target the receiver assigned address.