From: Victor Cappuccio (cvictor@protokolgroup.com)
Date: Fri Aug 04 2006 - 12:32:04 ART
Morning Guys, 
Could anyone please explain this behavior? 
 
Lo0-R5 ------ frame-relay ------- R2, running ip pim sparse.
 
And:
 
R2(config)#do clear ip mroute *                                   
R2(config)#no ip pim rp-add 155.1.5.5 <---- REMOVING THE RP-ADDRESS
R2(config)#do show ip pim rp map    
PIM Group-to-RP Mappings            
 
R2(config)#do clear ip mroute *                                   
R2(config)#do ping 224.1.1.1                                      
                                                                  
Type escape sequence to abort.                                    
Sending 1, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 224.1.1.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
                                                                  
Reply to request 0 from 150.1.25.5, 124 ms     <-----Works :S
R2(config)#
R2(config)#
R2(config)#
R2(config)#ip pim rp-add 155.1.5.5    
R2(config)#do show ip pim rp map 
PIM Group-to-RP Mappings         
                                 
Group(s): 224.0.0.0/4, Static    
    RP: 155.1.5.5 (?)                                            
R2(config)#do ping 224.1.1.1                                      
                                                                  
Type escape sequence to abort.                                    
Sending 1, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 224.1.1.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
                                                                  
Reply to request 0 from 150.1.25.5, 68 ms    <--- Also Works :S :S
R2(config)#
 
Thanks 
Victor.--
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