RE: Multicast configuration on fully meshed atm network

From: LMF (Markus.Aberg@lmf.ericsson.se)
Date: Thu Mar 22 2001 - 04:09:53 EST


If you are doing layer3 (IP) multicasting and just using ATM as a transport then you don't need to play with layer2 (ATM switch) cell-replication multicasting.

Just define the PVCs, make sure MTUs are OK and configure PIM. Should be running OK.

        ///Markus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Nazario [mailto:nazario@doit.wisc.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:16 PM
> To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
> Cc: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
> Subject: Multicast configuration on fully meshed atm network
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> My first posting to this comes as a multicast configuration question.
>
> I'm evaluating a Juniper router. It will be in a full atm
> mesh with 5
> other Cisco routers.
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to configure this. I haven't
> been able to get
> PIM up and running
> between the Juniper and the Ciscos and the juniper docs state
> that atm vcs
> are for unicast only.
>
> The interface on the Juniper is defined as a multipoint
> interface. I've
> looked at the multicast-vci
> statement but there is only one supported per
> subinterface/unit on the ATM
> card.
>
> I've got a case open with JTAC and they've been very responsive but I
> wanted to throw it out to this list to see what other ideas
> are out there.
>
> Thanks
> Paul
>



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