From: Sundar Palaniappan (sundarp@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Apr 03 2005 - 00:34:18 GMT-3
Tim,
My understanding is when you use autorp listener command in
combination with sparse-mode then dense-mode is completely disabled.
If there's no RP for certain multicast groups then the traffic is
gettting nowhere.
HTH,
Sundar Palaniappan
On Apr 2, 2005 10:20 AM, ccie2be <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> Sundar,
>
> I thought the purpose of the global autorp command was to avoid the
> potential for problems that can arise when the ip pim sparse-dense-mode is
> configured.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but suppose you have a scenario where you're
> running auto-rp and the only mcast groups that should be running in dense
> mode are the auto-rp mcast groups.
>
> What happens when due to a mis-configuration or some other problem, there's
> no rp for certain mcast groups? Won't they run in dense-mode, by default?
>
> I haven't thought about this for a while but I know that IE has a lab in
> their workbook which addresses this issue.
>
> HTH, Tim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Sundar Palaniappan
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 9:44 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Autorp Listener
>
> Guys,
>
> If asked to configure autorp in the real lab should I use
> sparse-dense-mode on interfaces OR sparse-mode on interfaces along
> with ip pim autorp listener command.
>
> To me it looks like Cisco doesn't care as long as it works. I shall
> appreciate your thoughts on this.
>
> TIA,
> Sundar Palaniappan
>
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