Anyone to answer this? ?? multicast mroute issue

From: Chris Broadway (midatlanticnet@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 18 2006 - 11:13:38 ART


 Group,

 Here is a multicast issue I am having. I cannot figure out what is
 causeing
 this behavior and therefore cannot figure out how to fix it. Here is the
 topology:

          R5 (Frame hub and Multicast RP)
       / \
 frame/ \frame
     / \
   R1 R2---ETH----R3

 R5 is the RP for group 224.1.1.1 and 224.2.2.2. I have R5 configure for
 the
 mapping agent also. PIM Sparse mode only is used on the appropriate
 interfaces of all routers. I am using AutoRP on all routers. Lo0 on r1 is
 configured with the igmp join command. I can ping 224.1.1.1 and 224.2.2.2
 from all routers.

 Now here is the issue:
 When I ping 224.1.1.1 or 224.2.2.2 from r2, I see the (S,G) in the mroute
 table of r5 as (1.1.125.2, 224.1.1.1) and the outbound interface as serial
 0/2. When I ping 224.1.1.1 from r3, I see the (S,G) in the mroute table
 of
 r5 as (1.1.62.8, 224.1.1.1) and the outbound interface as serial 0/2.

 But, even though I can ping from r2 or r3...i can never ping at the same
 time. When I send 500 pings from r2 to 224.1.1.1 first, I see pings from
 r3
 with an outbound interface as null on r5. If I stop the pings from r2, I
 will see the outbound interface for the pings from r3 change to serial
 0/2.
 If I start the pings from r2 back up, the outbound interface on r5 for
 that
 new ping will be null.

 Why is this happening and how do I fix it?

Here is the rp mapping on R5:

R5#sh ip pim rp map
PIM Group-to-RP Mappings
This system is an RP (Auto-RP)
This system is an RP-mapping agent

Group(s) 224.1.1.1/32
RP 5.5.5.5 (?), v2v1
   Info source: 5.5.5.5 (?), elected via Auto-RP
        Uptime: 00:01:38, expires: 00:00:25
Group(s) 224.2.2.2/32
RP 5.5.5.5 (?), v2v1
   Info source: 5.5.5.5 (?), elected via Auto-RP
        Uptime: 00:01:56, expires: 00:00:29

Here is the "sh ip mroute" on R5, before I start 100 pings from r2 and r3:

R5#sh ip mrout
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
Outgoing interface flags: H - Hardware switched
Timers: Uptime/Expires
Interface state: Interface, Next-Hop or VCD, State/Mode

(*, 224.0.1.39), 00:03:51/00:00:00, RP 0.0.0.0, flags: DCL
Incoming interface: Null, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
Outgoing interface list:
   Serial2/0.5, Forward/Sparse, 00:02:54/00:00:00
   Loopback0, Forward/Sparse, 00:03:51/00:00:00

(5.5.5.5, 224.0.1.39), 00:02:55/00:03:29, flags: CLT
Incoming interface: Loopback0, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
Outgoing interface list:
   Serial2/0.5, Forward/Sparse, 00:02:54/00:00:00

(*, 224.0.1.40), 00:03:51/00:00:00, RP 0.0.0.0, flags: DCL
Incoming interface: Null, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
Outgoing interface list:
   Serial2/0.5, Forward/Sparse, 00:02:40/00:00:00
   Loopback0, Forward/Sparse, 00:03:52/00:00:00

(*, 224.1.1.1), 00:00:37/00:02:52, RP 5.5.5.5, flags: S
Incoming interface: Null, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
Outgoing interface list:
   Serial2/0.5, 1.1.125.1, Forward/Sparse, 00:00:37/00:02:52

(*, 224.2.2.2), 00:00:36/00:02:53, RP 5.5.5.5, flags: S
Incoming interface: Null, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
Outgoing interface list:
   Serial2/0.5, 1.1.125.1, Forward/Sparse, 00:00:36/00:02:53

Here is the mroute table for 224.1.1.1 on R5 after r2 and r3 have started
100 pings:

R5#sh ip mrout 224.1.1.1
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
Outgoing interface flags: H - Hardware switched
Timers: Uptime/Expires
Interface state: Interface, Next-Hop or VCD, State/Mode

(*, 224.1.1.1), 00:07:55/00:02:59, RP 5.5.5.5, flags: S
Incoming interface: Null, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
Outgoing interface list:
   Serial2/0.5, 1.1.125.1, Forward/Sparse, 00:07:55/00:02:32

(1.1.28.2, 224.1.1.1), 00:00:30/00:02:29, flags:
Incoming interface: Serial2/0.5, RPF nbr 1.1.125.2
Outgoing interface list:
   Serial2/0.5, 1.1.125.1, Forward/Sparse, 00:00:30/00:02:29

(1.1.28.8, 224.1.1.1), 00:00:27/00:02:54, flags: T
Incoming interface: Serial2/0.5, RPF nbr 1.1.125.2
Outgoing interface list:
   Serial2/0.5, 1.1.125.1, Forward/Sparse, 00:00:27/00:02:32

(1.1.125.2, 224.1.1.1), 00:00:31/00:02:28, flags: T
Incoming interface: Serial2/0.5, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
Outgoing interface list:
   Serial2/0.5, 1.1.125.1, Forward/Sparse, 00:00:31/00:02:28

Here is the mroute table for 224.1.1.1 on R5 after a minute or so into the
pings:

R5#sh ip mrout 224.1.1.1
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
Outgoing interface flags: H - Hardware switched
Timers: Uptime/Expires
Interface state: Interface, Next-Hop or VCD, State/Mode

(*, 224.1.1.1), 00:11:59/00:03:26, RP 5.5.5.5, flags: S
Incoming interface: Null, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
Outgoing interface list:
   Serial2/0.5, 1.1.125.1, Forward/Sparse, 00:11:59/00:03:26

(1.1.28.2, 224.1.1.1), 00:04:34/00:01:38, flags: P
Incoming interface: Serial2/0.5, RPF nbr 1.1.125.2
Outgoing interface list: Null

(1.1.28.8, 224.1.1.1), 00:04:31/00:01:41, flags: PT
Incoming interface: Serial2/0.5, RPF nbr 1.1.125.2
Outgoing interface list: Null

(1.1.125.2, 224.1.1.1), 00:04:35/00:02:59, flags: PT
Incoming interface: Serial2/0.5, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
Outgoing interface list: Null

Why did the Outgoing interfaces go to NULL???

-Broadway



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