Multicast - NBMA

From: Nitro Drops (nitrodrops@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 21 2009 - 10:04:26 ARST


Hi All,

Have been practising multicast by placing around RP and MA around in a
Hub-N-Spoke.

R3 - Spoke1 > RP
R2 - Hub
R4 - Spoke2 > MA

R3 s2/1 >> s2/1 R2 s2/1 >> s2/1 R4

Full Reachability using EIGRP.

R2
interface Serial2/1
 ip address 155.8.10.2 255.255.255.0
 ip pim nbma-mode <<< included this
 ip pim sparse-mode
 encapsulation frame-relay
 no ip split-horizon eigrp 1
 no ip mroute-cache
 frame-relay map ip 155.8.10.3 203 broadcast
 frame-relay map ip 155.8.10.4 204 broadcast
 no frame-relay inverse-arp
!
ip pim autorp listener

R3 (RP)
ip pim autorp listener
ip pim send-rp-announce Loopback0 scope 16

R4 (MA)
ip pim autorp listener
ip pim send-rp-discovery Loopback0 scope 16

QNS 1 : I kept encountering the announcement 224.0.1.39 from RP > MA got stuck
at the Hub, even though i have configured "ip pim nbma mode". Did i miss out
anything?

P(0): s=150.8.3.3 (Serial2/1) d=224.0.1.39 id=299, ttl=15, prot=17,
len=52(48), mroute olist null
IP(0): s=150.8.3.3 (Serial2/1) d=224.0.1.39 id=322, ttl=15, prot=17,
len=52(48), mroute olist null

    l
R2#sh ip mro
IP Multicast Routing Table

Outgoing interface flags: H - Hardware switched, A - Assert winner
 Timers: Uptime/Expires
 Interface state: Interface, Next-Hop or VCD, State/Mode

(*, 224.0.1.39), 00:14:52/stopped, RP 0.0.0.0, flags: DC
  Incoming interface: Null, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
  Outgoing interface list:
    Serial2/1, Forward/Sparse, 00:14:06/00:00:00

(150.8.3.3, 224.0.1.39), 00:00:46/00:02:13, flags: PT
  Incoming interface: Serial2/1, RPF nbr 155.8.10.3
  Outgoing interface list: Null

(*, 224.0.1.40), 00:15:04/00:02:18, RP 0.0.0.0, flags: DCL
  Incoming interface: Null, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
  Outgoing interface list:
    Serial2/1, Forward/Sparse, 00:14:07/00:00:00

QNS 2 : if all the 3 routers are running 'sparse-dense' mode, a tunnel will be
required between the spokes. Since 'ip nbma mode' is only supported on
'sparse-mode'

QNS 3 : if all the 3 routers are running 'dense' mode, R3 (Server) R2
(Client), again a tunnel will be required between the spokes, since the
incoming CANT be the same as the outgoing interface on the multicast routing
table.

Cheers
Nit



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