[alcatel-nsp] Pinging a multicast address

[ryanL]

typically you are going to need pim enabled (conf->router->pim), and a
multicast route to a source (learned either statically or by RP) ...
no?

or am i missing something here?

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Bryan <deadheadblues at gmail.com> wrote:
> In the Cisco world we can ping a multicast address, specifically
> another router with the "ip igmp join-group" command and the multicast
> network set up properly. In ALU, there is a static command but this
> address does not respond to pings. Also, the sending router doesn't
> even transmit packets:
>
> *A:r1# ping 239.0.0.1
> PING 239.0.0.1 56 data bytes
> No route to destination. Address: 239.0.0.1, Router: Base
> No route to destination. Address: 239.0.0.1, Router: Base
> No route to destination. Address: 239.0.0.1, Router: Base
>
> Is it possible to test multicast using ping and ALU routers?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
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