[nsp] Speaking of Multicast

[Niels den Otter]

On Thursday, 27 May 2004, Simon Lockhart wrote:
> Several DSL routers I've looked at (certainly the Alcatel Speedtouch, and
> a Connexant based no-namer) claim to support IGMP on the datasheet, but
> I've not had an opportunity to actually try this to see if they'll form a
> PIM adjacancy on the ADSL uplink.

I expect that it won't. Multicast support on these type of routers is often
based on IGMP forwarding. So no PIM protocol and no need for extra
configuration, like a PIM Rendez-Vous Point.


-- Niels