Re: Auto-RP vs. static RP

From: ccie2be (ccie2be@nyc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Oct 11 2004 - 09:02:04 GMT-3


Hey Brian,

What do mean, "All you have to do is manually assign an RP that
can accept join messages for the 224.0.1.39 and 224.0.1.40 groups."?

Thanks, Tim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian McGahan" <bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com>
To: <samccie2004@yahoo.co.uk>; "Craig Dorry" <chdorry@yahoo.com>; "Peter
Ding" <pding@cisco.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 8:42 PM
Subject: RE: Auto-RP vs. static RP

> Sam,
>
> You can still run auto-rp in a sparse-only network without using
> the listener command. All you have to do is manually assign an RP that
> can accept join messages for the 224.0.1.39 and 224.0.1.40 groups.
>
> HTH,
>
> Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > samccie2004@yahoo.co.uk
> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 12:54 AM
> > To: 'Craig Dorry'; 'Peter Ding'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: RE: Auto-RP vs. static RP
> >
> > Another thing might be sparse mode Vs sparse-dense. If u are asked to
> > only use sparse mode, I guess you will have to use static RP instead
> of
> > auto RP where initial discovery will not depend on dense mode.
> >
> > Then again, u can use listener command and bypass the need for dense
> > mode.
> >
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Sam
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Craig Dorry
> > Sent: 10 October 2004 02:51
> > To: Peter Ding; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: Auto-RP vs. static RP
> >
> > PD - As it has been mentioned before, it depends on a
> > number of things.
> >
> > The main difference between auto-rp and static RP is
> > where the configuration needs to be done to add a
> > multicast group (or scope of groups). So it all
> > depends on how much control you want to have as well
> > as the size of the network and how comfortable the
> > administrator is with pushing changes (ie ACL updates)
> > to the number of devices under management.
> >
> > I've seen auto-rp selected most typically for either
> > large networks or where the administrator wanted to
> > have full control over what groups were forwarded (ie
> > forcing users to "register" their multicast
> > application/group prior to the network supporting the
> > traffic.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > --- Peter Ding <pding@cisco.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Since both auto-rp and static rp can be used in PIM
> > > SM mode, what are the
> > > criterias that will lead me to use one over other?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > PD
> > >
> > >
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