[33175] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IP Multicasting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel L. Golding)
Mon Jan 1 12:23:25 2001
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 12:21:53 -0500 (EST)
From: "Daniel L. Golding" <dan@netrail.net>
To: "Neil J. McRae" <neil@DOMINO.ORG>
Cc: deen@slt.lk, nanog@merit.edu
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1) No
2) Check out the really excellent FAQ on the sprintlink web site
(www.sprintlink.net). Anycast RP is FAR superior to the auto-RP approach
descripted in the Cisco press book, which is now somewhat dated.
3) The MBone is legacy, and more or less deprecated. Find a multicast
savvy transit providers and use them instead. Set up MSDP and MBGP
peering with them.
Daniel Golding NetRail,Inc.
"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness"
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Neil J. McRae wrote:
>
> No but probably preferable, have a look at Cisco press book IP Multicasing
> volume 1.
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> Neil.
>
> >
> >
> > Hello Nanog,
> >
> >
> > We are developing a streaming video based application. Can someone tell me
> > whether
> >
> > (1) Multicasting is necessary for such an application
> > (2) How do we configure multicasting, and multicast (224.x.x.x) to Global IP
> > Conversion, on Cisco Routers. Some useful sites will be handy.
> > (3) What is the function of the MBone network, and whether it is required
> > for such a situation.
> >
> >
> > Deen
> > Sri Lanka Telecom
> > Internet
> >
> >
> >
>
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