[15290] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Multicast and Digex?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Hultquist)
Thu Feb 12 14:49:54 1998
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 12:09:34 -0700
From: "Steve Hultquist" <ssh@HSAnet.net>
To: "Eric Germann" <ekgermann@cctec.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
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--On Thursday, February 12, 1998, 1:28 PM -0500 "Eric Germann"
<ekgermann@cctec.com> wrote:
> Anyone from Digex here? Send me a note to discuss multicast routing.
Your
> Private Network Services client said "Huh?" when asked about setting me up
> for multicast.
I asked this of them during the most recent meeting and received this in
reply:
> Steve,
>
> Mbone is not supported robustly enough by the versions of Cisco IOS that
> DIGEX runs on our core routers. We run standard unicast packages, and
> multicast support is not in demand enough to see stable releases.
> Additionally, bandwidth problems with current multicast routing structures
> are high enough to warrant additional waiting before we implement this
> service across our backbone after software stability has been achieved.
>
> Let us know if you have any questions.
>
> Richard White, Shift Mgr.
> Business Connectivity Technical Support
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