[alcatel-nsp] Pinging a multicast address

[Bryan]

Ryan,

Thank you. I am specifically talking about pinging a multicast
address. All the other requirements are in tact.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:56 AM, ryanL <ryan.landry at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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