catalyst multicast

From: micklegao@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon Nov 06 2000 - 04:52:33 GMT-3


   
   hi,
      i have some questions not very clear about catalyst multicast.
   
      example:
   
       R1-E0 ---- CATALYST 5000-----E0--R2
                       |
                       |
                       |
                       E0
                       |
                       R3
   
   
     R1 's E0 CONNECT cat5000 's port 1/1
     r2 's e0 connect cat5000 's port 2/1
     r3 's e0 connect cat5000 's port 3/1
   
     port 1/1-2 belongs to vlan 1
     port 2/1-10 belongs to vlan 2
     port 3/1-10 belongs to vlan 3
   
     if i wanna to efficiently switch the multicast packet, i had better
   use cgmp on cat5000, so i config
   
     "set cgmp enable " on cat5000, and "ip cgmp " on very router's e0
   
     i think this will make cat5000 switch only the multicast packet to
   the port which is connected a multicast client, not use broadcast
   anymore.
   
      if the vlan3 has no multicast client , how to config , so that the
   cat5000 will not permit multicast group on vlan3, but also permit
   vlan1 and vlan2 has multicast group??
   
      i have seen a command " set multicast router X/x " , but i don't
   understand the command. it say the command is used to config staticly
   which port is connected to a multicast router . why config this ??? i
   don't think it is nessary to config this on cat5000, maybe i am wrong.
   
   
      somebody must know this , please shed me a light.
   
      thanks a lot!!
   
   
   
   
   
   



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