[15348] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Multicast and Digex?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Austin Castaldi)
Fri Feb 13 18:26:37 1998
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 18:11:44 -0500 (EST)
From: Austin Castaldi <acastal@lci.net>
Reply-To: Austin Castaldi <acastal@lci.net>
To: Eric Germann <ekgermann@cctec.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <2522111704.887285374@loveland.wwsi.com>
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Steve Hultquist wrote:
> --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.
You must not have asked the right person at the Private Network Services
client :)
>
> 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
I guess that sums it up.
Austin Castaldi
Network Engineer
LCI International
