RE: Catalyst multicast

From: Peter Puczko (ppuczko@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Feb 08 2001 - 18:41:06 GMT-3


   
By hardcoding this multicast address to a particular port the Catalyst will
send multicast traffic for this group to that port, even if no device wants
to receive this traffic.

Peter

On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 20:29:05 , Robert DeVito wrote:

> I just want to make sure I am thinking on the right track. You would use
a
> static (permanent) CAM entry to direct all multicast traffic to a
perticular
> port/MAC address? Is that correct?
>
> Thank you,
> Robert
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Peter Puczko <ppuczko@excite.com>
> Reply-To: Peter Puczko <ppuczko@excite.com>
> To: Alan Basinger <abasinge@swbell.net>
> CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Catalyst multicast
> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 11:09:47 -0800 (PST)
>
> 01-00-5E is the first 24 bits and the 25th is 0.
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/22.html
>
> Peter
>
> On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 12:21:11 -0600, Alan Basinger wrote:
>
> > O.k.
> > I have been reviewing some notes from the ECP1 class, but I did not
take
> > very good notes on setting permanent multicast mac-address in the
Cat. I
> > know the command is "set cam perm (mulicast mac-address) (mod/port)
> (vlan)"
> > the problem is I cannot find the cisco info on creating the mac
address.
> The
> > last 23 bits of the multicast address is used as the last part of the

> mac
> > but were do I find the info on the first 25 bits of the mac address.
I
> > searched the doc CD but no luck. Could someone point out were it is
on
> the
> > doc CD so I can look it up.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Alan Basinger
> > Systems Engineer
> > SBC DataComm
> > Houston Texas
> > abasinge@swbell.net
> >
> > | |
> > ||| |||
> > .|||||. .|||||.
> > .:|||||||||:.:|||||||||:.
> > C i s c o S y s t e m s
> > Certified Gold Partner
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf
Of
> > Justin Menga
> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 7:59 PM
> > To: 'Mark Lewis'; cory.hebert-eds@eds.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: RE: Catalyst Study
> >
> >
> > I think Cisco LAN Switching is a very good book - how much of it is
> relevant
> > to CCIE I don't know. It is good for concepts, especially Spanning
Tree
> and
> > LANE (whoops), but for Catalyst configuration, the best source is
Cisco
> CD
> > Documentation.]
> >
> > See
> http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat5000/index.htm
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Justin Menga CCIE #6640 MCSE+I CCSE
> > WAN Specialist
> > Computerland New Zealand
> > PO Box 3631, Auckland
> > DDI: (+64) 9 360 4864 Mobile: (+64) 25 349 599
> > mailto: justin.menga@computerland.co.nz
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Lewis [mailto:markl11@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 23 January 2001 11:19 a.m.
> > To: cory.hebert-eds@eds.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: Catalyst Study
> >
> >
> > <html><DIV>
> > <P>&nbsp;</P>
> > <P>Hi,</P>
> > <P>I think the best switching book to date is 'Cisco LAN Switching'
> (Cisco
> > Press/CCIE Professional Development).</P>
> > <P>&nbsp;</P>
> > <P>Hope that helps,</P>
> > <P>&nbsp;</P>
> > <P>Mark</P>
> > <P><BR><BR>&nbsp;</P></DIV>
> > <DIV></DIV>
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;From: "Hebert, Cory J (cory.hebert@wcom.com)"
> > <CORY.HEBERT-EDS@EDS.COM>
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;Reply-To: "Hebert, Cory J (cory.hebert@wcom.com)"
> > <CORY.HEBERT-EDS@EDS.COM>
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;To: "'ccielab@groupstudy.com'"
<CCIELAB@GROUPSTUDY.COM>
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Catalyst Study
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:05:37 -0600
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;Hi all-
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;Does anybody know of any good links to use for
studying
> the
> > Catalyst switch?
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;The reason I'm asking is because, so far, the only
> catalyst
> > resources I have
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;are the Caslow Book, the
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;All-in-one CCIE Lab study guide, and the Fatkid
catalyst
> lab.
> > I'm just
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;wondering how
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;much deeper I need to get into Catalyst switching
theory
> and
> > configuration.
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;I'm just
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;not sure what other topics I should be covering.
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;Thanks in advance,
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;Cory
> > <DIV></DIV>&gt;
> >



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