# The Stream Targets feature in Wowza Streaming Engine is it Multicasting?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/the-stream-targets-feature-in-wowza-streaming-engine-is-it-multicasting/44976>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [December 29, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-stream-targets-feature-in-wowza-streaming-engine-is-it-multicasting/44976 "2016-12-29T18:14:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Powell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@Gary\_Powell](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gary_Powell)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-stream-targets-feature-in-wowza-streaming-engine-is-it-multicasting/44976/1 "2016-12-29T18:14:01Z")

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I have a question regards to Stream Targets and does it work the same way multicast works?

I am looking for a multicast solution to send a stream from an origin server to 10 edge servers using a single stream (multicast). The current network is multicast enabled but we are looking to upgrade and most to Wowza Streaming Engine. Looking to host Wowza in house (no cloud)

I have done a limited test using a Stream Target but my question is does it work like multicast?

Thanks…

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**Author:** ![Alex\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Alex\_C](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alex_C)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-stream-targets-feature-in-wowza-streaming-engine-is-it-multicasting/44976/2 "2017-01-08T00:29:22Z")

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Hello,

Stream Targets do have an option to send out a Multicast stream.

More information here: [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-mpeg-ts-to-distribute-live-streams](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-mpeg-ts-to-distribute-live-streams)

Regards,

Alex