Auto-RP vs BSR

From: David Hurtado (dei2viccie@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Apr 17 2004 - 12:00:19 GMT-3


Hello everybody,

I have been configuring Auto-RP and BSR in the following topology:

(R1)---FR----s1(R2)s0----FR----(R3)

I wanted R1 to be the RP for 224.0.0.0/5 and R2 to be the RP for
232.0.0.0/5. There is no split horizon limitation in this topology because
R2 uses 2 different interfaces.

When configuring BSR:

- R3: BSR candidate
- R2, R1: RP candidates

Everything worked great with BSR.

When configuring Auto-RP:

- R3: RP Mapping Agent
- R2, R1: RP candidates

Only R2 could become RP. R1's announcement didn't come to R3.

I had to create a tunnel between R1 and R3 to take the R1's announcements to
R3 and then everything worked.

Now i would like to show you my deductions in order to be corrected:

BSR in a NBMA network allows communication between BSR and RP candidate
without sharing the same Layer 2 segment.

BSR in a NBMA network doesn't allow communication between RP Mapping Agent
and RP candidate without sharing the same Layer 2 segment.

But then why a tunnel will solve this requirement?

I would like to read more about this topic. Could somebody tell me about a
good link that explains and compares Auto-RP and BSR?

Thanks a lot for your help



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