From: Bob Sinclair (bsinclair@netmasterclass.net)
Date: Thu Apr 01 2004 - 16:00:18 GMT-3
You would want to enable it on loopbacks for lab or testing purposes. You
can have your loopback join a multicast group in order to act as a multicast
client, then use extended ping to act as a multicast source. You should get
an echo-reply from each router with a loopback joined to the group.
Bob Sinclair
CCIE #10427, CISSP, MCSE
www.netmasterclass.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Packet Man" <ccie2b@hotmail.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:25 PM
Subject: Multicast & Loopback Interfaces
> Hi all,
>
> I know that mcast should be enabled on all interfaces in a mcast domain,
but
> does (or should) that include Loopback Interfaces?
>
> Could someone explain when, if ever, mcast should be enabled on Loopbacks
> and why?
>
> Thanks in advance, pm
>
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