Re: mroute table interpretation

From: Bob Sinclair (bsinclair@netmasterclass.net)
Date: Thu Feb 24 2005 - 19:35:20 GMT-3


Hi Tim,

The RP sends a register stop message to the DR connected to the source when a)
The RP has no clients for the group or b) the RP has joined the SPT to the DR
and is receiving the traffic via native multicast. For more detail, check out
rfc2117.

HTH,

Bob Sinclair
CCIE #10427, CCSI 30427, CISSP
www.netmasterclass.net

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: ccie2be
  To: Group Study
  Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:02 PM
  Subject: mroute table interpretation

  Hi guys,

  Here's a snip of my mroute table.

  r1#sh ip mr

  IP Multicast Routing Table

  Flags: D - Dense, S - Sparse, B - Bidir Group, s - SSM Group, C -
Connected,

         L - Local, P - Pruned, R - RP-bit set, F - Register flag,

         T - SPT-bit set, J - Join SPT, M - MSDP created entry,

         X - Proxy Join Timer Running, A - Candidate for MSDP Advertisement,

         U - URD, I - Received Source Specific Host Report, Z - Multicast
  Tunnel

         Y - Joined MDT-data group, y - Sending to MDT-data group

  Outgoing interface flags: H - Hardware switched, A - Assert winner

   Timers: Uptime/Expires

   Interface state: Interface, Next-Hop or VCD, State/Mode

  (*, 231.31.31.31), 00:15:41/stopped, RP 150.1.3.3, flags: SJCLF <-- LOOK
  AT THIS LINE

    Incoming interface: Serial0/1, RPF nbr 142.1.13.3

    Outgoing interface list:

      FastEthernet0/0, Forward/Sparse, 00:15:41/00:02:41

  (142.1.34.4, 231.31.31.31), 00:00:25/00:02:40, flags: LJT

    Incoming interface: Serial0/1, RPF nbr 142.1.13.3

    Outgoing interface list:

      FastEthernet0/0, Forward/Sparse, 00:00:25/00:02:41

  In the first entry (*, 231.31.31.31), notice that it says "Stopped".

  Everything is working - I can ping this mcast group. But, what does
  "Stopped" mean?

  And, what causes the "Stopped" message to change to a time left message or
  expires message?

  I don't think this is a problem but can someone confirm this for me and
  explain why that is there?

  TIA, Tim

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