From: Packet Man (ccie2b@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 01 2004 - 16:11:28 GMT-3
Thank you Bob. That idea about using it for testing is great. I had been
wondering about that also.
>From: "Bob Sinclair" <bsinclair@netmasterclass.net>
>To: "Packet Man" <ccie2b@hotmail.com>, <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: Re: Multicast & Loopback Interfaces
>Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:00:18 -0500
>
>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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