Re: RPF check for PIM dense-mode over PtoP links

Are you specifying the source address of your ping as well as your mtrace?
 Could you explain the topology (inc. alternate paths) and perhaps show the
command output?

Paul.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Amit Kumar Lohumi <getakl_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>
> Is RPF check ignored for point-to-point interfaces running PIM dense-mode ?
>
> I have a case where the mtrace fails due to RPF failure but pings go
> through
> to the multicast destination.
>
> Does PIM dense-mode behavior with regards to RPF-checks differ for
> multicast control-plane and data-plane ?
>
> Regards,
> Amit
>
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