Re: pim auto-rp priority missing?

Thanks for the replies everyone, do you have a link that states that the
higher ip will win in this situation? I was not able to find that at all. :)

2009/4/3 Salah ElShekeil <salah.elshekeil_at_gmail.com>

> Auto-RP
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> Multiple RPs can be used to serve different group ranges or *serve as
> backups to each other*. For Auto-RP to work, a router must be designated
> as an RP-mapping agent, which receives the RP-announcement messages from the
> RPs and arbitrates conflicts. The RP-mapping agent then sends the consistent
> group-to-RP mappings to all other routers. Thus, all routers automatically
> discover which RP to use for the groups they support.
> Directly from the DOC cd
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> the higher ip address will be the RP,
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> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Wouter Prins <wp_at_null0.nl> wrote:
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>> hi list,
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>> I was wondering how to create a backup RP for a certain group when using
>> Auto-RP. I cannot configure any priorities as you can when configuring it
>> for use with a bsr?
>> I checked the doccd but i am not able to find a similar function? How does
>> the mapping-agent decide which RP to use when two RP's announce them same
>> groups in Auto-RP mode?
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>> Thanks,
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