From: ccie2be (ccie2be@nyc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Oct 16 2004 - 16:22:51 GMT-3
Hi,
You may want to look at this Mcast Troubleshooting Guide
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/105/mcastguide0.html
I found alot of good info there that answers your questions.
HTH, Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cisco Net" <network.cisco@gmail.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 7:28 PM
Subject: MCAST questions
> Hi
> Please verify these questions,
> 1) If there are 2 paths between 2 routers and if multicast with
pim/dense/sparse
> mode is enabled, what is the decision criterial to select the path.
> Does ip mroute static command influence on deciding the path ?
> (I know that ip mroute is used for influencing the rpf check but not sure
about
> the actual traffic).
>
> I have 2 paths between R1 and R3, through frame-relay serial and GRE
Tunnel.
> Now Tunnel IPs are not part of any IGP and i still see that remote router
> is joining through the tunnel.
>
> I am wonderig what is the path decision critira for the mcast traffic
> to pick the tunnel interface ?
>
>
> 2) My requirement says to enable a multicast mode in which if sparse
> fail, dense should kick in and i think the answer is pim sparse-dense
> mode.
> Also sice this setup is a multipoint frame connectivity and i hv to
> enable ip pim
> nbma mode.
>
> The complexity here is that according to the documentation pim nbma
> mode should be enabled only when the type is "sparse" mode. But if the
> type i configure as sparse mode, i will not meet the original
> requirment (if sparse fails dense mode should kick in)
>
> Any advice please
> Regards
> Cert
>
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