Re: Testing Multicast over GNS3/Dynamips

You can always use ping as a traffic generator. On one router you can
join the group and you can ping that group from another router. If you
get responses, it's likely that your multicast works... :-)

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On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 12:10, wendry <wendry.misc_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Can you enlighten me how to test out our multicast configuration over
> Dynamips?
>
> I have created a multicast environment routers and configure the routers to
> perform multicast traffic forwarding. Now, how do I verify if it works
> correctly?
>
> I have tried to use command ip igmp join-group x.x.x.x over an interface.
> Looks like the tree has built itself. But for each interface that I add the
> configuration looks like the command cause the interface to all become the
> source of multicast group. How do I simulate like source and client
> scenario?
>
> Sorry, if I may not be too clear as I am still trying to enhance my
> knowledge on this topic. Any light to correct my knowledge is much
> appreciated.
>
> Thank You.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Wendry
>
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